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CBS News Staff React to Recent Firings and Political Interference Allegations

Updated 2026-06-03 23:20 UTC 1 source Negative

Following the firing of Scott Pelley, CBS News staff are anxious over potential political interference under Bari Weiss’s leadership. Insiders describe recent events as unprecedentedly negative.

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EXCLUSIVE: “I have been in this business a long time, and I have never seen anything this bad,” a CBS News insider told Deadline today amid the fallout of recent firings at 60 Minutes and accusations of political interference at the Bari Weiss-ruled division. After a verbal dust-up  this week betwee
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