Scott Pelley Was Genuinely Confused to Learn Americans Saw '60 Minutes' as Biased After Being Fired

[rangerrebew]

Watch: Scott Pelley Was Genuinely Confused to Learn Americans Saw '60 Minutes' as Biased After Being Fired

 By Michael Schwarz
  June 8, 2026 at 4:42pm
If you have ever worked with or around elitist liberals, then you will almost certainly recognize this phenomenon.

For convenience’s sake, we might simply call it jaw-dropping audacity.

In a clip posted to the social media platform X, longtime reporter Scott Pelley, formerly of CBS News’ “60 Minutes” until his firing Tuesday, insisted that no one associated with the long-running program regarded it as biased.
 

Pelley made those comments during an interview with Lulu Garcia-Navarro of The New York Times.

“Why do you think the country thinks you’re biased?” Garcia-Navarro asked, recalling a question posed by Bari Weiss during a meeting with “60 Minutes” senior staffers shortly after her ascent to editor-in-chief of CBS News.

https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-scott-pelley-genuinely-confused-learn-americans-saw-60-minutes-biased-fired/

[Wingnut]

Have mercy.  He's a combat vet and has been shot at.

[rangerrebew]

John Wilkes Booth was surprised so many Americans were unhappy he assassinated Lincoln.

[Cyber Liberty]

Have mercy.  He's a combat vet and has been shot at.

He was a War Correspondent that, as far as I know, was never shot at.  If he was in the Army, he'd be considered a "FOBbit."

[Wingnut]

He was a War Correspondent that, as far as I know, was never shot at.  If he was in the Army, he'd be considered a "FOBbit."

Well, he heard gunfire...so he has that going for him.
He suffers from Hillary syndrome.  Making up getting shot at during visits to war torn countries is a liberal fascination.

[Cyber Liberty]

Well, he heard gunfire...so he has that going for him.
He suffers from Hillary syndrome.  Making up getting shot at during visits to war torn countries is a liberal fascination.

They think of it as an insurance policy against criticism.

[The_Reader_David]

Everyone on the center-left, regardless of country, regards their own subjective view of the world as a completely accurate description, and thus believe themselves to be unbiased.  It's on display in the call-sign of the NPR station out of Lawrence, KS, which claims "unbiased news" (as if such a thing were possible). This is what's happening with Pelley. 

I think we were better off before the center-left decided to pretend to objective, unbiased coverage of the news and we had identifiably partisan news outlets on both sides.

[Bigun]

Everyone on the center-left, regardless of country, regards their own subjective view of the world as a completely accurate description, and thus believe themselves to be unbiased.  It's on display in the call-sign of the NPR station out of Lawrence, KS, which claims "unbiased news" (as if such a thing were possible). This is what's happening with Pelley. 

I think we were better off before the center-left decided to pretend to objective, unbiased coverage of the news and we had identifiably partisan news outlets on both sides.