CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, one day after he sharply criticized the newsmagazine’s new leadership in front of the staff.

CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “sl...

Bill Owens, a former top executive producer who left “60 Minutes” in April over what he said was a lack of editorial independence, defended Pelley’s takedown of Bilton and Weiss.