Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was 'driving toward officer'
Source: The Guardian
Fired CBS 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has accused editorial management at his old network of interfering with a broadcast segment looking at an immigration officer's killing of Minneapolis protester Renee Good in January.
The veteran broadcaster, who was recently dismissed from the show, said CBS News's editor-in-chief Bari Weiss had sent an email to his supervisor requesting changes be made soon before the airing of the segment in question.
In an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday, the 68-year-old Pelley accused Weiss of injecting "falsehoods and bias" into programming.
Pelley told the outlet: "Two of the things in the email include, 'Can we make the protesters look more violent?' Now, I'm paraphrasing. I don't have the quote, but that's what was communicated to me. And the other thing, Renee Good's car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer."
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Blue Owl
(59,786 posts)marble falls
(72,872 posts)... I've started writing letters to national advertisers re: CBS. Bloody hell, there's a ton of them. Thank goodness for the net to figure out who to send them to, I'm using the post office.
Dawson Leery
(19,590 posts)Turn Off CBS.
Katinfl
(912 posts)Only MS NOW and streaming.
I haven't watched msm for years.
And I don't miss it.
durablend
(9,419 posts)calimary
(91,114 posts)SHEESH!
Can we make the protesters look more violent?
And the other thing, Renee Good's car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer."
W. T. F. ?. ?. ?.
johnnyfins
(4,077 posts)This whole rightwing infotainment complex is a fraud. Just like their orange false idol and his admin.
RIP Renee Good. May they never succeed in besmirching your name and reputation.
"I'm not mad at you"