In a stunning development, veteran #CBSNews #60Minutes correspondent #ScottPelley has been fired by the network after clashing with the show’s new executive producer, #NickBilton, in a fiery meeting with the show’s staff Monday.⁠ ⁠ Bilton informed Pelley of his termination Tuesday evening, writing in a note that his employment was “terminated for cause effective immediately.” Pelley has been at CBS News for decades, and previously served as the anchor of the CBS Evening News.⁠ ⁠ In the meeting on June 1 with new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton, Pelley said that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is “murdering 60 Minutes. She does not love this place; she was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that.”⁠ ⁠ He also said that Bilton, a veteran technology journalist who previously worked at The New York Times and Vanity Fair, had “slender” qualifications for what is arguably the most important EP job in television news.⁠ ⁠ “You should hear this from me first. We have parted...