5 Takeaways From Scott Pelley’s Interview With The New York Times

Mr. 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.

Scott Pelley worked at CBS News for 37 years, including as White House correspondent, anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and “60 Minutes” correspondent until he was fired on Tuesday.

His departure came after the editor in chief of CBS News, Bari Weiss, dismissed several of his colleagues and hired a new “60 Minutes” executive producer, Nick Bilton.

“There was a thumb on the scale for the president’s version of events that I felt was a level of political influence that I had never seen in 37 years at CBS News,” Mr. Pelley told Lulu Garcia-Navarro in his first sit-down interview since he was fired.