Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at '60 Minutes'
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21 points
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June 07, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
ilamont
Pelley and Garcia-Navarro spend a lot of time talking about the shortcomings of Weiss and Bilton, and really seem to give David Ellison the benefit of the doubt. It should be the other way around. Ellison is completely out of his depth, trying to fulfill a lifelong dream of being a Hollywood player. He tried the actor route, and that didn't work out, so now it's major studio acquisitions on daddy's dime. He made terrible calls hiring Weiss and Bilton, and now it looks like 60 Minutes is going to go the way of other failed newsroom makeovers by clueless rich guys. See: Bezos buying the Washington Post,
hn_acker
Gift link at [1], which I found from [2][3]. NYT has blocked archive sites for a while now. I recommend against posting NYT articles unless someone has a gift link. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/magazine/scott-pelley-int... [2] https://bsky.app/profile/jamellebouie.net/post/3mnp5zxsmjk2g [3] https://bsky.app/profile/aaronhuertas.bsky.social/post/3mnp6...