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Scott Pelley fired from CBS after explosive 'Murdering 60 Minutes' clash with new boss
Scott Pelley is out at CBS News after a dramatic clash inside ‘60 Minutes,’ and the shake-up is getting uglier by the day. The veteran correspondent was terminated after CBS executives and Pelley reportedly concluded they could not find a way to work together following his tense confrontation with new executive producer Nick Bilton.

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Scott Pelley Thanks Fans After 60 Minutes Firing As Possible Legal Fight Loom
Scott Pelley fired from ‘60 Minutes’ as CBS leans into new direction
‘60 Minutes’ correspondents say fired colleagues were treated with ‘indecency’
Lesley Stahl, L. Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker pledged “to stay and fight.”

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Scott Pelley Thanks Fans for Support After ’60 Minutes’ Firing: ‘You Are the Wind in My Sails’
Longtime CBS correspondent Scott Pelley lived many workers' fantasy: Telling your boss off
‘60 Minutes’ Stars Will Stay Because They Don’t Want Show to ‘Die’
In a joint email to the show’s staff, Ms. Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said they would “stay and fight” in order to “repair and preserve” the reputation of the country’s top-rated news progra...

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Scott Pelley's 7 most memorable 60 Minutes interviews
Read Nick Bilton’s Memo to ‘60 Minutes’ Staff