Bari Weiss ‘won’t be fired’ as CBS News boss – despite network chaos

Weiss has already tried to control the damage, telling employees on Wednesday that the “foundation” of trust and respect was “broken” after Pelley’s brazen comments.

In a transcript of the conversation obtained by The New York PostWeiss further explained, “Despite our efforts to contact Scott Pelley and find a way back, we were unfortunately unable to do so, and so we had to part ways.”

She noted, “We didn’t want that to happen, but that’s the path he chose.”

Meanwhile, the reporter himself claimed that his resignation was brought up from the beginning during their meeting.

Whatever the truth, the now very public vitriol and hostility is taking its toll on the entire network news department.

‘The irony is that the people involved may think they are fighting over the future of the country 60 minutes. In reality, they are fighting for something much more valuable: trust,” Fahey explained. “Trust is the currency of journalism, and right now CBS is spending it faster than it earns.”