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Scott Pelley spoke with The New York Times in his first sit-down interview since he was fired from CBS News after working at the network for 37 years. Here are five takeaways from the conversation.

nyti.ms5 Takeaways From Scott Pelley’s Times Magazine InterviewMr. Pelley, who was at CBS News for 37 years, including as a White House correspondent and a “60 Minutes” correspondent, spoke in his first extended interview since he was fired.

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Feelin Blue, girl

@gdalander.bsky.social

8 June

It was an important interview that could have used some skilled editing. Either this hard-boiled journalist was faking it or he was far more sensitive than any journalist I've ever met. Felt performative with the crying

miribernier.bsky.social

@miribernier.bsky.social

7 June

If nepo baby David Ellison had been smart he would have hired a competent propagandist. Someone more subtle in their ideological fanaticism. Thank God Weiss is incompetent.

Hayley

@haylibop.bsky.social

7 June

Doesn’t leave this a gap in the market?

Kirk Rudell

@rudell.bsky.social

7 June

Here’s my takeaway: bsky.app/profile/rude...

Kirk Rudell@rudell.bsky.social

The NYT interview with Scott Pelley makes me like/respect him less. The Hero of Journalism™️ who was supposed to represent the pinnacle of the profession is easily impressed by billionaires, childishly credulous, and happy to quietly bend stories—he just got squeamish about clumsily breaking them.

Paul Czarnecki

@peczar.bsky.social

7 June

And the Times furthered the careers of hacks like Weiss and Bilton.

Keith Hall Taft

@keithhalltaft.bsky.social

7 June

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