Scott Pelley accuses Bari Weiss of tampering with 60 Minutes

journalismJun 9, 2026371,318

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss pressured 60 Minutes editors and instructed him to alter coverage, including telling him to lie for Donald Trump. Leaked audio and insider accounts described by Pelley claim Weiss pushed edits to reporting on Renee Good and steered broader editorial decisions at CBS News. Pelley warned that a deal between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery could place Weiss over news editorial across both CBS News and CNN. These allegations raise questions about corporate or political influence shaping prime-time investigative reporting and could undermine public trust in major news programs.

Eliot Higgins

@eliothiggins.bsky.social

Before Bari Weiss slowly strangled 60 Minutes to death in front of our eyes, Scott Pelley interviewed me about the work of Bellingcat youtu.be/keQFk4z7nRI?...

3836h ago

bjmacke83

This is, in case you're looking for it, the full 13 minute segment www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfSe...

Eliot Higgins72

You can support the work of Bellingcat here, which is needed more than ever after Trump and Musk's USAID funding cuts wrecked our entire sector for everyone in it, even if (like Bellingcat) an organisation didn't take funds from USAID www.bellingcat.com/donate/

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻8

Watching this segment now. Thanks for posting! ✌️❤️

Guardrails of Democracy

@demguardrails.bsky.social

Scott Pelley, in his own words, spilling the tea on Bari Weiss

1532h ago

🐸SayItToMyFace❌👑3

See BS will never have credibility until major changes occur

The Bulwark

@thebulwark.com

"In the old days, they would do these things under the cover of darkness... They want Trump to know...which is another step down the authoritarian path." @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social discuss Bari Weiss putting her thumb on the scale at '60 Minutes.'

16511h ago

Off_Dutch

@off-dutch.bsky.social

#ProudBlue #USDemocracy Live !!! #ScottPelley CBS is to blame That this man ; Scott Pelley is his name Will not shut his mouth for Trumps Family in the deep south He wil stand his ground against Bari Weiss Not Once but Twice In honor of the USA This is his Essay

8918h ago

tmel1219.bsky.social5

We need more journalists standing up democracy

Dmitry Grozoubinski

@explaintrade.com

Should the Democrats react by giving up on climate change and being meaner to the trans community? We asked our bipartisan panel of Bari Weiss, Nick Fuentes, and Riggy, Chevron's cartoon oil derrick mascot.

1022h ago

Stardust 🌏🎬

@stardustbluepr.com

"There is no democracy without journalism." - Fired "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley This "60 Minutes" fiasco all started when the newly installed CBS News hatchet woman for Trump, Bari Weiss asked "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley to make the ICE murder of Renee Good not look so bad.

6615h ago

Craig R. Brittain

@craigbrittain.com

Scott Pelley: "We win two Emmy Awards - within hours, all of those people, wiped out. 1/3 of 60 Minutes correspondents fired - we are informed of our new executive producer, Nick Bilton - Zero experience in television news or management. No executive at CBS or EIC Bari Weiss coming over to explain."

3517h ago

Lee West

@whodat35.bsky.social

Bari Weiss needs to resign from CBS News now. We also cannot allow the Fourth Estate to become a Dear Leader state run newsroom like Fox News. Combining CBS News and CNN puts two of the largest news organizations in the world under one corporate umbrella. youtu.be/FUFdF9blZYc?...

362h ago

Lee West12

Bari Weiss and the CBS cloud hanging over the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger. | CNN www.cnn.com/2026/06/08/m...

Simon Rosenberg

@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

"CBS News’s murder, as Pelley puts it, would not be happening without billionaires like CEO David Ellison cozying up to Trump... And Trump’s lies — and the media normalization of them — continue apace." @sulliview.bsky.social margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/scott-pell...

291h ago

Marci Shore

@marcishore.bsky.social

Thank you, Scott Pelley. This is damning to Bari Weiss who, it seems, willfully attempted to disguise a murder.

2619h ago

Denise Oliver-Velez

@deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social

Scott Pelley spills messy details about CBS News' MAGA makeover www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

223h ago

Solomon

@solomonrmissouri.com

Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

2621h ago

Stoned Feminist

@ladylinds.bsky.social

Bari Weiss is failing up like she's a mediocre white man

302h ago

Patrick Lovell The Producer

@patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com

(1) We’re flooded with lies and liars and we’ve normalized them. Yesterday I witnessed Linda Navarro question Scott Pelley about whether he was being hyperbolic when he said Bari Weiss “Murdered 60 Minutes.” Weiss is an idiot influencer and propagandist. Pelley is the consummate professional.

1522h ago

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)

@newsjennifer.bsky.social

2/ 📌Bari Weiss Has Become a Liability for David Ellison 📌a lethal combination of “inexperienced & arrogant" 📌overwhelmingly negative backlash to her decision to fire Scott Pelley 📌her ongoing shredding of the trust between CBS journalists and her executive suite www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...

I’ll back up a little for those who are not media obsessives like me. Ellison hired Weiss last fall and put her in the role of editor in chief in the hopes of realigning the legacy news organization in a more right-leaning direction, friendlier to a Trump administration that constantly obsesses over and attacks the media (and that had already sued CBS News under the previous owner, who settled a spurious Trump lawsuit).

Many warned at the time (including WaxWord) that Weiss’s utter lack of experience in either management or broadcast television news could be fatal at a complex global news organization like CBS News. But it turns out that her immaturity, disorganization and inability to learn from her mistakes has been even more damaging than her lack of experience.

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techdirt.comBari Weiss Asked 60 Minutes To Lie. Scott Pelley Had Already Done Plenty On His Own.open.substack.comFire Bari Weiss

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