Sack recently received by a veteran American journalist Scott Pelley says the CBS News editor-in-chief wanted to move Renee Goodia last minute news broadcast about
Pelley told to The New York Times that in the illustrious 60 Minutes – program was doing a broadcast in February that dealt with the Minneapolis shootings that shocked the United States and the world. Pelley served as the program’s editor for a long time.
Citizens protest arrests by immigration officials in Minneapolis, and protesters are shot dead by authorities Renee Goodin and Alex Prettin.
An agent of the immigration agency Ice shot Renee Good, a mother of three who was driving the car, allegedly in self-defense, although according to the general interpretation, Good was not running over the agent.
News insertwhich also dealt with the protesters’ aggressive behavior against the authorities, was already approved and ready for Sunday night’s broadcast, according to Pelley.
Then, according to Pelley, the following happened: editor-in-chief Bari Weiss asked Pelley’s front man if the protesters could be made to look more violent.
In addition, it was ordered to emphasize that Renee Good’s car was driving towards the Immigration Office agent. According to the general interpretation, at this point Good had already turned the tires of his car away from the agent.
Veteran reporter Scott Pelley refused to comply with the editor-in-chief’s demands for changes.
“Presidential [Trumpin] version of events was pushed so clearly that I felt like in 37 years at CBS News I had never seen such political pressure,” Pelley said.
Pelley68, worked at CBS News since 1989. He is one of the most accomplished American journalists. 60 Minutes – program Pelley has worked for The Guardian by since 2004.
He was fired from his company at the beginning of June after a confusing series of events. Bari Weiss, the channel’s new editor-in-chief, who had no previous experience in television journalism, had fired several of the channel’s reporters and hired a new chief for the program, which Pelley had accused of airing since 1968. 60 Minutesin “murdering”.
After the “murder charge”, Pelley was fired. HS covered Pelley’s firing and the mess at CBS more comprehensively last week.
US ranking in international press freedom benchmark in the index improved until 2022. In 2023, the index turned to a weaker direction. This year, the country ranks 64th out of a total of 180 countries monitored in the press freedom index.
The number can be compared, for example, to Ukraine’s ranking in the index, which was ranked 106 in 2022, but this year ranked 55. Finland is ranked 6.
Correction 9.6. 8:18 a.m.: Contrary to what was previously reported in the news, Scott Pelley’s title does not translate into news anchor. Pelley is a reporter.