By admin 
(Gray News) – CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday following a meeting with management where he reportedly criticized the newsmagazine’s leadership.
Read more Tempe house catches fire hours after standoff leads to 4 arrests
Dylan Byers, a senior correspondent for Puck, posted a statement from Pelley on X. In it, among other accusations, the former news anchor accused the show’s new management of telling him “to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.”
“The collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well,” said Pelley in the statement.
“I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion — a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again.”
Read more 2 hospitalized after shooting in Desert Sky Mall in west Phoenix
According to the Associated Press, a report on the Status website detailed accusations Pelley made during an introductory meeting on Monday between the newsmagazine’s staff and Nick Bilton, the new executive producer named by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss last week.
Pelley reportedly said Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job.
Read more Woman dies weeks after fiery crash in Cave Creek
The report also stated that Weiss herself was not present at the meeting.