What Scott Pelley Once Told Me About ‘60 Minutes’ And The Future Of News
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- He was headed to Europe, and we eventually got around to talking about the show itself.
- “And 60 Minutes is a place where you can go still today, thank god, where you can see a story that is well-researched, well-edited … So I think 60 Minutes’ reason to be has never been greater in its entire history.”
Media What Scott Pelley Once Told Me About ‘60 Minutes’ And The Future Of News By Andy Meek,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I report on media as well as its intersection with news and culture.Follow Author Jun 03, 2026, 05:16pm EDTJun 03, 2026, 05:18pm EDTLongtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley attends an event at Paramount Studios in Hollywood in May 2024.AFP via Getty Images Hours after CBS fired longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, following a tense and widely reported clash with the show’s newly installed executive producer Nick Bilton one day prior, I found myself thinking back to a phone conversation I once had with Pelley as he was on his way to JFK Airport to fly out for a story.
He was headed to Europe, and we eventually got around to talking about the show itself. When I asked at one point why 60 Minutes still matters today, Pelley didn’t hesitate: In an age of fragmented information, misinformation, and evaporating trust from viewers, he insisted that the program's mission had never been more important. The show “must exist today,” he told me, “because the quality of information has become so poor. People are getting information in tiny fragments. People are getting disinformation fed to them from all corners.