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CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil publicly thanks recently fired Scott Pelley 'from all of us' during live broadcast
Pelley was fired by CBS from his role on '60 Minutes' earlier this week following tension within the network

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CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil pays tribute to fired ‘60 Minutes’ host Scott Pelley: ‘Among the best in the world’
CBS News fires longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley
New ‘60 Minutes’ Chief Promises Independence in Bid to Reassure Staff
Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” moved to shore up support of his demoralized staff on Thursday, writing in a memo that the program “will never be instructed by the ownership” ...

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The big unanswered questions about ‘60 Minutes’ after Scott Pelley’s firing
CBS News fires Scott Pelley from ‘60 Minutes’ after he criticizes management
‘60 Minutes’ Boss Vows to ‘Pursue Stories Without Fear or Favor,’ While CBS Waits for Word of Whether Remaining Correspondents Will Stay
“The foundation of ’60 Minutes’ is its journalistic independence,” wrote Nick Bilton, who was named executive producer of the newsmagazine last week, adding: “We will always make the story the North S...

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Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley’s Firing: ‘That’s the Path That He Chose’
New ‘60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Sends Out Memo After Scott Pelley Firing, Says Show Will Never Be “Instructed By The Ownership” Of CBS On Stories

Three ‘60 Minutes’ correspondents were fired, and the result has been chaos

Senior leaders are gone. Half of its correspondents have vanished. Can the newsmagazine survive under Bari Weiss?

'60 Minutes' Boss Vows to 'Pursue Stories Without Fear or Favor'

Maybe they will stay? The new executive producer of “60 Minutes” vowed in a memo Thursday to uphold the CBS News property’s commitment to pursue stories “without fear or favor” and to not be “instructed by the ownership of the company” on sensitive reports,

Firings at CBS' '60 Minutes' reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump

The show's new leader says he fired star Scott Pelley for insubordination. Pelley says he was defending the integrity of the show's journalism after three top executives and two reporters were fired.

Ousted ‘60 Minutes’ reporter Cecilia Vega blasts CBS News ‘censorship’: ‘I very much fear what comes next’

“60 Minutes” correspondent Cecilia Vega accused CBS News of “censorship,” saying she fears for the future of the network, after she was fired by Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss in a bloodbath of top producers and reporters.