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Maher weighs in on '60 Minutes' shakeup, Pelley ouster: 'I'm for it' [View all]
Maher weighs in on ’60 Minutes’ shakeup, Pelley ouster: ‘I’m for it’
by Finya Swai
Comedian and television host Bill Maher said he supports the ouster of longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley and rejected claims that President Trump is responsible for the recent shakeup at CBS News.
“What does the panel think of the recent shakeup at ’60 Minutes’?” Maher asked guests Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice on a Friday night segment of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” before answering his own question: “I’m for it.”
CBS News fired Pelley after almost 30 years on the show following a heated exchange with new “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton during a staff meeting, where he reportedly said Bilton was unqualified to lead the program and accused CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of trying to “murdering” the show.
Maher said he “never liked” Pelley and that personnel changes are common when companies undergo new leadership.
https://thehill.com/media/5914639-real-time-maher-60-minutes-scott-pelley/
by Finya Swai
Comedian and television host Bill Maher said he supports the ouster of longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley and rejected claims that President Trump is responsible for the recent shakeup at CBS News.
“What does the panel think of the recent shakeup at ’60 Minutes’?” Maher asked guests Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and former United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice on a Friday night segment of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” before answering his own question: “I’m for it.”
CBS News fired Pelley after almost 30 years on the show following a heated exchange with new “60 Minutes” executive producer Nick Bilton during a staff meeting, where he reportedly said Bilton was unqualified to lead the program and accused CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss of trying to “murdering” the show.
Maher said he “never liked” Pelley and that personnel changes are common when companies undergo new leadership.
https://thehill.com/media/5914639-real-time-maher-60-minutes-scott-pelley/
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