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Scott Pelley zegt dat managers van CBS News onwaarheden wilden doorduwen na ontslag bij 60 Minutes

NEW YORK, 3 juni 2026 — CBS News heeft de ervaren 60 Minutes-correspondent Scott Pelley ontslagen na een confrontatie met de nieuwe programmaleiding, meldde Associated Press.

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  • AP meldde dat CBS Scott Pelley op 2 juni 2026 ontsloeg na een gespannen personeelsvergadering.
  • Pelley beschuldigde het nieuwe management ervan onwaarheden, vooringenomenheid en niet-geverifieerde beweringen te willen doorduwen, volgens The Guardian.
  • De leiding van CBS zei dat vertrouwen en wederzijds respect waren weggevallen, volgens AP-berichtgeving over Weiss' gesprek met het personeel.
  • AP meldde dat het programma tijdens dezelfde turbulente periode ook correspondenten Sharyn Alfonsi en Cecilia Vega verloor.

Persoon

Scott Pelley

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

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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.

is een ervaren Amerikaanse televisiejournalist die in 1989 bij
Organisatie

CBS

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

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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.

begon,
Organisatie

CBS Evening News

news programme anchored by Scott Pelley from 2011 to 2017

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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.

presenteerde van 2011 tot 2017 en een van de bekendste correspondenten van
Organisatie

60 Minutes

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

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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.

werd. Het geschil draait om
Organisatie

CBS News

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

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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.

, moederbedrijf
Organisatie

Paramount Skydance

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

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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-hoofdredacteur
Persoon

Bari Weiss

CBS News editor-in-chief installed in 2025

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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.

en de nieuwe uitvoerend producent van 60 Minutes,
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Nick Bilton

new 60 Minutes executive producer

Waarom dit belangrijk is

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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Achtergrond

AP merkt op dat 60 Minutes voor het eerst werd uitgezonden in 1968 en zijn reputatie opbouwde met onderzoeksinterviews en verantwoordingsjournalistiek. Het huidige conflict volgt op een bredere herschikking van eigendom en leiding bij CBS News nadat Paramount Skydance de controle overnam en Bari Weiss in 2025 aanstelde als hoofdredacteur.

Context & what happens next

Impact

Regional — Voor België is de directe impact beperkt. De relevantie ligt vooral bij Belgische lezers die de Amerikaanse politiek, media-eigendom en internationale journalistieke normen volgen, en bij EU-instellingen in Brussel die redactionele onafhankelijkheid opvolgen als onderdeel van democratische weerbaarheid.

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Associated Press
Gepubliceerd:
3 Jun 2026, 02:00
Opgehaald door ODIN:
30 Jun 2026
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Associated Press
Gepubliceerd:
3 Jun 2026, 02:00
Opgehaald door ODIN:
30 Jun 2026
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Associated Press
Gepubliceerd:
5 Jun 2026, 02:00
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30 Jun 2026
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European Commission
Gepubliceerd:
22 Jun 2026, 02:00
Opgehaald door ODIN:
30 Jun 2026
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The Hollywood Reporter
Gepubliceerd:
3 Jun 2026, 02:00
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30 Jun 2026
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Scott Pelley en vertrekkende medewerkers van 60 Minutes

Pelley zegt dat het nieuwe management ravage aanrichtte bij 60 Minutes en beschuldigde de leiding van CBS News ervan te proberen onwaarheden, vooringenomenheid en niet-geverifieerde beweringen aan berichtgeving toe te voegen. Voormalige en ontslagen medewerkers die door AP en The Guardian worden aangehaald, kaderen het geschil als een verlies van redactionele onafhankelijkheid.

Leiding van CBS News onder Bari Weiss en Nick Bilton

De leiding van CBS stelt het ontslag voor als een kwestie van gedrag en vertrouwen. AP meldde dat Weiss tegen het personeel zei dat ze een redactie wilde die op vertrouwen en respect is gebouwd, terwijl Biltons ontslagbericht Pelley beschuldigde van vijandigheid tijdens een eerste personeelsvergadering.

Overblijvende 60 Minutes-correspondenten

Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim en Bill Whitaker zeiden tegen het personeel dat ze boos waren en rouwden om de ontslagen, maar voorlopig zouden blijven, meldde AP. Hun positie is voorwaardelijk: ze zeiden dat ze zouden blijven als het programma onafhankelijke journalistiek kan blijven maken.

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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.

Organisaties

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.

Organisaties

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.

Organisaties

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.

Organisaties

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

Background

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.

Organisaties

CBS Evening News

news programme anchored by Scott Pelley from 2011 to 2017

In this story

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.

Organisaties

Paramount Skydance

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

In this story

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.

Mensen

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.

Mensen

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

In this story

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

Background

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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