Key Highlights
- On Monday, The New Yorker reported on ongoing tensions within the network since Weiss formally took charge in October through its parent company, Paramount Skydance, under new CEO David Ellison.
- The tensions escalated after she abruptly pulled a "60 Minutes" segment covering migrants sent to the El Salvador prison CECOT by the Trump administration hours before it was set to air. The article highlighted a meeting between the show's staff members the day after the decision, where Pelley allegedly called out the new leadership.
- BARI WEISS SUGGESTS CECOT '60 MINUTES' PIECE SHE DELAYED WASN'T 'FAIR' IN MEMO TO STAFFERS "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley reportedly criticized Bari Weiss' leadership after she pulled a news segment.
- (David M.
- Russell/CBS via ) "[D]uring a '60 Minutes' staff meeting, Scott Pelley, a longtime correspondent, expressed frustration that Weiss hadn’t attended any of the screenings of the segment or communicated directly with ['60 Minutes' correspondent Sharyn] Alfonsi.
