Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was 'driving toward officer'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/scott-pelley-says-bari-weiss-154723172.html

[Blue Owl]

1. They're not reporting facts -- they're foisting propaganda for tRump

[marble falls]

2. Where's CBS's stockholders??? She cannot be good for CBS's bottomline as viewers disappear. ...

... 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.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

15. she can't be good for the share prices and

whoever hired her has to bear responsibility too

[IbogaProject]

16. CBS is owned by a clogomerant

The Ellisons are major owners though the parent company Paramont-Skydance is a traded public company. It seems so far they don't care about profit other than trying to be slightly different than Fox TV.

[Dawson Leery]

3. State Run Media.

Turn Off CBS.

[Katinfl]

5. Have not watched in years. Actually I haven't watched network shows at all in many years.

Only MS NOW and streaming.

[ananda]

7. Same.

I haven't watched msm for years.

And I don't miss it.

[durablend]

4. See BS ?

[calimary]

6. Sure looks like it.

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]

8. Are you surprised, though?

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"

[JoseBalow]

11. Si, BS!

[Figarosmom]

9. Couldn't they get her

For impeding a murder investigation and helping in a cover up?

[BradBo]

10. Its amazing how heartless Bari Weiss is.

She is a modern day Nazi. Can you just imagine how racist she is?

[City Lights]

12. Disgusting. nt

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Larry Ellison

The $300 Billion Man

Guy’s into survival of the richest in a big way.

[czarjak]

14. "I alone can FIX-IT!"?

SAID-A-FIXER.

[SouthBayDem]

17. Original version on The Guardian, and Pelley's full interview:

Last edited Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:44 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/07/scott-pelley-bari-weiss-renee-good-report

Because of this article I was compelled to go to YouTube and look up this interview, even though I normally read NY Times Magazine interviews on the day they go to print.