Pelleys tearful tantrum: Letters to the Editor June 12, 2026

I am bemused at Scott Pelley’s tearful reaction to his firing as a correspondent on “60 Minutes” (“Pelley cries over firings,” June 8).Does he believe that, unlike every other employee in America, he’s immune to being fired from his position? Lesley Stahl should also take note and stop referring to herself as a survivor or she might be joining Pelley on the unemployment line.Anthony BrunoSmithtownI was surprised to learn of how Scott Pelley unloaded on Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” and on CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, at a meeting with co-workers.I can understand why Weiss feels that he went too far, sacrificing his position.But Pelley’s tirade should demonstrate the danger the network is in by appointing unqualified individuals to prominent positions in order to bend the operation to please the president.When journalistic independence is diminished, truth is the casualty.

Pelley fired the shot heard around the world, warning the public of the consequences.Oren SpieglerPeters Township, Pa.The dust-up about Pelley’s firing reminded me: If I had been guilty of insubordination during my time as an enlisted infantry grunt, I would’ve been thrown into the stockade.Perhaps when Pelley was doing time in “combat,” he was not held to the same rigorous standards as a Private First Class.Although I’ve worked as a program director for a network TV affiliate, I would never say, “that means I’m a journalist” — because it would be patently untrue.I trust someone will let Pelley know that the same applies for serving in combat.John ParkHobe Sound, Fla.Thanks CBS for removing that condescending arrogant Scott Pelley.

You’re on the right path.Butch DenerNew PaltzPelley forgot that he’s an employee, not the boss; he doesn’t sign his own check.He was, and is, a self-righteous woke Democrat who used his position as a supposed newscaster to ram his beliefs down viewers’ throats.

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