NewsBusters Podcast: Pelley’s Pompous Crashout and Taer Scoops on NJ

June 4th, 2026 11:22 PM

NewsBusters Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I were joined by 2026 MRC Bulldog Award winner for Outstanding Reporter Jennie Taer of the Daily Wire to discuss her latest news-breaking scoops on the immigration beat. She shared her latest exclusive on the left’s latest meltdown over an ICE facility in northern New Jersey. Prior to chatting with Taer, we tore into Scott Pelley for his arrogant…

PBS, Kroft Weep for ‘60 Minutes,’ Firing of Leftists Pelley, Alfonsi

June 4th, 2026 2:59 PM

Wednesday’s PBS News Hour brought on former veteran CBS 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft  — the man behind a series of Obama interviews so embarrassing the MRC penned a Special Report about them — to defend the media’s self-anointed golden hour, the long-time Sunday newsmagazine which has suffered ideologically motivated convulsions and now firings of prominent journalists,…

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Tapper Spills 14 Mins Fretting Pelley Axing, Cues Up MacFarlane, Moran

June 4th, 2026 1:44 PM

CNN’s The Lead host Jake Tapper leaned on his sanctimonious reputation late Wednesday afternoon as he devoted the first 14 minutes to huffing about CBS News firing longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley for his petulant reenactment of Pickett’s Charge, thinking he could eviscerate his bosses and intimidate them in his “house.” For the second of three segments, Tapper…

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Jimmies Attack 'Suck-Ups at CBS' for Firing Pelley to 'Appease' Trump

June 4th, 2026 9:30 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and NBC’s The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon denounced CBS for firing 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after his meltdown during an internal meeting where he viciously attacked his new bosses. Both alleged, with no evidence, that CBS is moving dramatically rightward while making the same quip about Pelley being replaced by Stephen Colbert’s replacement…

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CBS Evening News Gives Scott Pelley a Better Sendoff Than He Deserved

June 3rd, 2026 10:18 PM

How many people can walk into their workplace, defecate on the new management, insult their new direct supervisor, and get immediately fired for cause right before getting a glowing sendoff on the way out? Well, there’s Scott Pelley, apparently, given the sendoff he just got from the CBS Evening News. 

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‘BS’: MS NOW Election Night Coverage Becomes a Scott Pelley CBS Eulogy

June 3rd, 2026 10:16 PM

After the firing of 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, MS NOW dedicated much of its special primary election night coverage, helmed by Rachel Maddow with panels full of fellow nighttime opinion hosts like Jen Psaki and Stephanie Ruhle, to the Pelley news. During one segment, Psaki dramatically read from the former CBS employee’s first released statement with commentary…

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WEAK! Networks Reluctant to Give Trump Credit for Jailing Scammers

June 3rd, 2026 2:20 PM

MRC analysts examined ABC, CBS, and NBC evening and morning news programs from May 1 through June 1 and found that the Big Three networks devoted a scant 7 minutes and 12 seconds of coverage to stories involving arrests and/or sentencing of fraud suspects. 

Yahoo News Promotes Scott Pelley Firing with Biased, Anti-Trump Slant

June 3rd, 2026 12:56 PM

Yahoo News featured a left-leaning story on Scott Pelley’s firing from CBS News, the headline framing it as resistance to Trump, rather than focusing on Pelley's reported outburst at leadership. Yahoo ignored more balanced coverage from centrist or right-leaning outlets, highlighting concerns about media bias.

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Bye-Bye Scott! The Worst of CBS 60 Minutes Correspondent Pelley

June 3rd, 2026 12:26 PM

The following are just a few of the most obnoxious outbursts during Pelley’s career at CBS News (via the MRC archives).

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CBS Show Addresses Pelley Firing, NBC Fears for Future of ‘60 Minutes’

June 3rd, 2026 11:33 AM

Wednesday’s CBS Mornings opened with a surprising yet short acknowledgment of the drama surrounding the network with Tuesday night’s firing of longtime host and correspondent Scott Pelley for rancorous insubordination and preposterous martyrdom a day earlier, berating new 60 Minutes boss Nick Bilton to his face and accusing editor-in-chief Bari Weiss of murdering the uppity…

BREAKING: Scott Pelley FIRED From CBS News After ‘60 Minutes’ Crashout

June 2nd, 2026 10:14 PM

Yesterday, Scott Pelley lectured his new 60 Minutes boss on how the network was “MURDERING” the Elitist Media’s most hallowed news magazine. In the process, he ended up committing career seppuku and has just been shown the door by CBS News.

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ABC Rips Pratt as ‘Conservative Firebrand’ With ‘Provocative Campaign’

June 2nd, 2026 4:59 PM

Disney-owned ABC’s Good Morning America seethed Tuesday over Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt on California primary day, trashing him as a “conservative firebrand” who’s run a “provocative campaign” being such “a vocal critic” of Karen Bass for her handling of the wildfires and “draw[ing] criticism for campaign ads” and “blunt statements” about the homeless.

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STUDY: American News Media Don’t Care About Murdered Teen Henry Nowak

June 2nd, 2026 3:14 PM

The journalists appear to have lost their enthusiasm for exposing police brutality, if their attitude toward Henry Nowak is any indication. As of June 1, left-wing cable (CNN, MSNBC) and broadcast (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS) networks have completely ignored the gruesome murder and alleged police abuse of White British teenager Henry Nowak.

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NewsBusters Podcast: Jill Biden Proves CBS Still Boosts the Democrats

June 1st, 2026 10:50 PM

You have to laugh when Jim Acosta is warning that CBS and CNN are going to turn into a "propaganda giant" when they're in danger of being a little more balanced in their "news." The CBS show Sunday Morning has been a routine propaganda stop for Democrats, and that was no different for Jill Biden, who preposterously claimed her husband was still lucid.