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CBS News fires ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent Scott Pelley after clash with new producer
CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he confronted the show’s new executive producer at a heated staff meeting.

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Why CBS fired San Antonio-born '60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley
CBS fires veteran correspondent Scott Pelley amid turmoil over direction of '60 Minutes'
The three remaining ‘60 Minutes’ correspondents say they’re staying
CNN's Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez hear from Brian Stelter on his new reporting that the three remaining “60 Minutes” correspondents told colleagues Friday that they will stay with the embattled n...

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Jon Wertheim, Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker break silence on “60 Minutes” firings: 'We’re still deeply upset'
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim say they’ll ‘stay and fight’ at 60 Minutes
Lesley Stahl And 2 Other Remaining ‘60 Minutes’ Reporters Will Keep Show Alive
In an email to staff on Thursday, Bilton acknowledged that "it has been a trying and difficult few days," while praising Stahl, Whitaker and Wertheim.

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Insiders Wonder What '60 Minutes' Will Look Like After Firings
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, And L. Jon Wertheim To Remain At 60 Minutes Following Scott Pelley's Departure

Longtime CBS correspondent Scott Pelley lived many workers’ fantasy: Telling your boss off

Scott Pelley may have lost his job after publicly blasting CBS management. But for many workers, he lived out a fantasy.

Tony Dokoupil Praises Ex '60 Minutes' Correspondent Scott Pelley on 'CBS Evening News': 'Valued Truth at All Costs' | Video

Tony Dokoupil paid tribute to fired "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley on "CBS Evening News" Wednesday night, praising him as "a journalist who valued truth at all costs." "When I started at CBS,

'60 Minutes' Correspondents to Stay: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker

The future of the correspondents' role had been in doubt after the ouster of EP Tanya Simon and the hiring of outsider Nick Bilton.