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Scott Pelley sagt, Manager von CBS News hätten nach Entlassung bei 60 Minutes Falschbehauptungen vorangetrieben

NEW YORK, 3. Juni 2026 — CBS News entließ den langjährigen 60 Minutes-Korrespondenten Scott Pelley nach einer Konfrontation mit der neuen Programmleitung, berichtete Associated Press.

Belgium Impulse Editorial·30 June 2026·2 min read·
Well established· 2 Primärquellen + 1 offizielles Dokument + 2 unabhängige Nachrichtenquellen · Hintergrundquellen: 1

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  • AP berichtete, CBS habe Scott Pelley am 2. Juni 2026 nach einer angespannten Mitarbeiterversammlung entlassen.
  • Pelley warf dem neuen Management laut The Guardian vor, Falschbehauptungen, Voreingenommenheit und ungeprüfte Behauptungen voranzutreiben.
  • Die CBS-Führung sagte, Vertrauen und gegenseitiger Respekt seien zusammengebrochen, laut AP-Berichterstattung über Weiss' Gespräch mit den Mitarbeitenden.
  • AP berichtete, die Sendung habe während derselben Umwälzung auch die Korrespondentinnen Sharyn Alfonsi und Cecilia Vega verloren.

Person

Scott Pelley

longtime 60 Minutes correspondent fired by CBS News; accused CBS managers of pushing falsehoods, bias and unverified assertions

Why it matters

longtime 60 Minutes correspondent fired by CBS News; accused CBS managers of pushing falsehoods, bias and unverified assertions

About

Scott Cameron Pelley is an American author and broadcast journalist. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, Truth Worth Telling, and a former correspondent for the CBS News magazine 60 Minutes. Pelley served as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, a period in which the broadcast added viewers. Pelley served as CBS News's chief White House correspondent from 1997 to 1999.

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Organisation

CBS

organisation whose leadership framed the dismissal as a breakdown of trust and workplace conduct

Why it matters

organisation whose leadership framed the dismissal as a breakdown of trust and workplace conduct

About

CBS Broadcasting Inc., doing business as the CBS Television Network,, is an American commercial broadcast television network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Skydance. It is one of Paramount Skydance's three flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures and MTV.

kam, von 2011 bis 2017
Organisation

CBS Evening News

news programme anchored by Scott Pelley from 2011 to 2017

Why it matters

news programme anchored by Scott Pelley from 2011 to 2017

About

CBS Weekend News is the branding used on the weekend editions of CBS Evening News, the flagship evening television news program of CBS News, the news division of the CBS television network in the United States. Weekend editions of CBS Evening News originally debuted on February 5, 1966.

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Organisation

60 Minutes

CBS television news brand where Scott Pelley was a correspondent and where the dispute centres

Why it matters

CBS television news brand where Scott Pelley was a correspondent and where the dispute centres

About

An hour is a unit of time historically reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and defined contemporarily as exactly 3,600 seconds. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day.

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Organisation

CBS News

news organisation that fired Scott Pelley and underwent an ownership and leadership reset

Why it matters

news organisation that fired Scott Pelley and underwent an ownership and leadership reset

About

CBS News 24/7 is an American streaming video news channel operated by the CBS News and Paramount Streaming divisions of Paramount Skydance Corporation. Launched on November 6, 2014, it features blocks of live, rolling news coverage, original programs, as well as encore airings of CBS News television programs.

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Organisation

Paramount Skydance

parent of CBS News that took control and installed Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief

Why it matters

parent of CBS News that took control and installed Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief

About

Paramount Skydance Corporation is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate.

, CBS News-Chefredakteurin
Person

Bari Weiss

CBS News editor-in-chief installed in 2025

Why it matters

CBS News editor-in-chief installed in 2025

About

Bari Weiss is an American journalist and political commentator who has served since October 2025 as editor-in-chief of CBS News. She was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2017 and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at The New York Times from 2017 to 2020, resigning in a widely covered public letter criticizing the paper's culture.

und den neuen ausführenden Produzenten von 60 Minutes,
Person

Nick Bilton

new 60 Minutes executive producer

Why it matters

new 60 Minutes executive producer

About

Nicholas Bilton is a British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He was named executive producer of 60 Minutes on 28 May 2026. He has also been a special correspondent at Vanity Fair, author of a number of New York Times-bestselling books, and a screenwriter. He worked at the Times for 13 years, then at Vanity Fair for 10.

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Background

AP weist darauf hin, dass 60 Minutes erstmals 1968 ausgestrahlt wurde und seinen Ruf auf investigativen Interviews und Berichterstattung zur Rechenschaftspflicht aufbaute. Der aktuelle Konflikt folgt auf eine umfassendere Neuordnung von Eigentum und Führung bei CBS News, nachdem Paramount Skydance die Kontrolle übernommen und Bari Weiss 2025 als Chefredakteurin eingesetzt hatte.

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Impact

Regional — Für Belgien ist die direkte Auswirkung begrenzt. Die Relevanz besteht vor allem für belgische Leser, die US-Politik, Medienbesitz und internationale Nachrichtenstandards verfolgen, sowie für EU-Institutionen in Brussels, die redaktionelle Unabhängigkeit als Teil demokratischer Widerstandsfähigkeit beobachten.

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Scott Pelley und ausscheidende Mitarbeitende von 60 Minutes

Pelley sagt, das neue Management habe bei 60 Minutes Chaos angerichtet, und warf der Führung von CBS News vor, versucht zu haben, Falschbehauptungen, Voreingenommenheit und ungeprüfte Behauptungen in die Berichterstattung aufzunehmen. Ehemalige und entlassene Mitarbeitende, die von AP und The Guardian zitiert werden, stellen den Streit als Verlust redaktioneller Unabhängigkeit dar.

CBS News-Führung unter Bari Weiss und Nick Bilton

Die CBS-Führung stellt die Entlassung als Frage von Verhalten und Vertrauen dar. AP berichtete, Weiss habe den Mitarbeitenden gesagt, sie wolle eine Redaktion aufbauen, die auf Vertrauen und Respekt beruhe, während Biltons Kündigungsmitteilung Pelley Feindseligkeit während einer ersten Mitarbeiterversammlung vorwarf.

Verbleibende 60 Minutes-Korrespondenten

Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim und Bill Whitaker sagten den Mitarbeitenden, sie seien wütend und trauerten über die Entlassungen, würden aber vorerst bleiben, berichtete AP. Ihre Position ist an Bedingungen geknüpft: Sie sagten, sie würden bleiben, wenn das Programm weiterhin unabhängigen Journalismus betreiben könne.

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Scott Pelley

longtime 60 Minutes correspondent fired by CBS News; accused CBS managers of pushing falsehoods, bias and unverified assertions

In this story

longtime 60 Minutes correspondent fired by CBS News; accused CBS managers of pushing falsehoods, bias and unverified assertions

Background

Scott Cameron Pelley is an American author and broadcast journalist. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, Truth Worth Telling, and a former correspondent for the CBS News magazine 60 Minutes. Pelley served as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2011 to 2017, a period in which the broadcast added viewers. Pelley served as CBS News's chief White House correspondent from 1997 to 1999.

Organisations

CBS News

news organisation that fired Scott Pelley and underwent an ownership and leadership reset

In this story

news organisation that fired Scott Pelley and underwent an ownership and leadership reset

Background

CBS News 24/7 is an American streaming video news channel operated by the CBS News and Paramount Streaming divisions of Paramount Skydance Corporation. Launched on November 6, 2014, it features blocks of live, rolling news coverage, original programs, as well as encore airings of CBS News television programs.

Organisations

60 Minutes

CBS television news brand where Scott Pelley was a correspondent and where the dispute centres

In this story

CBS television news brand where Scott Pelley was a correspondent and where the dispute centres

Background

An hour is a unit of time historically reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and defined contemporarily as exactly 3,600 seconds. There are 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day.

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NEW YORK

dateline location for the report

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dateline location for the report

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New York, also called New York State, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering the New England states to its east, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to its south, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario to its north, New York extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.

Organisations

CBS

organisation whose leadership framed the dismissal as a breakdown of trust and workplace conduct

In this story

organisation whose leadership framed the dismissal as a breakdown of trust and workplace conduct

Background

CBS Broadcasting Inc., doing business as the CBS Television Network,, is an American commercial broadcast television network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Skydance. It is one of Paramount Skydance's three flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures and MTV.

Organisations

AP

reported details about the firing, 60 Minutes history and CBS leadership changes

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reported details about the firing, 60 Minutes history and CBS leadership changes

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The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917, the AP has earned 60 of them, including 36 for photography.

Organisations

CBS Evening News

news programme anchored by Scott Pelley from 2011 to 2017

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news programme anchored by Scott Pelley from 2011 to 2017

Background

CBS Weekend News is the branding used on the weekend editions of CBS Evening News, the flagship evening television news program of CBS News, the news division of the CBS television network in the United States. Weekend editions of CBS Evening News originally debuted on February 5, 1966.

Organisations

Paramount Skydance

parent of CBS News that took control and installed Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief

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parent of CBS News that took control and installed Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief

Background

Paramount Skydance Corporation is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate.

People

Bari Weiss

CBS News editor-in-chief installed in 2025

In this story

CBS News editor-in-chief installed in 2025

Background

Bari Weiss is an American journalist and political commentator who has served since October 2025 as editor-in-chief of CBS News. She was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal from 2013 to 2017 and an op-ed staff editor and writer on culture and politics at The New York Times from 2017 to 2020, resigning in a widely covered public letter criticizing the paper's culture.

People

Nick Bilton

new 60 Minutes executive producer

In this story

new 60 Minutes executive producer

Background

Nicholas Bilton is a British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker. He was named executive producer of 60 Minutes on 28 May 2026. He has also been a special correspondent at Vanity Fair, author of a number of New York Times-bestselling books, and a screenwriter. He worked at the Times for 13 years, then at Vanity Fair for 10.

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US

country whose politics, media ownership and television news standards are relevant to Belgian readers

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country whose politics, media ownership and television news standards are relevant to Belgian readers

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The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.

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EU institutions

institutions in Brussels that track editorial independence as part of democratic resilience

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institutions in Brussels that track editorial independence as part of democratic resilience

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Brussels

location of EU institutions mentioned in the article

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location of EU institutions mentioned in the article

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The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the French Community of Belgium, the Flemish Region, and Belgium. The City of Brussels is also the administrative centre of the European Union, as it hosts a number of principal EU institutions in its European Quarter.

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