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Scott Pelley Shows How Legacy Media Got It Wrong — Before Bari Weiss Made It Worse

Scott Pelley was fired from '60 Minutes' after criticizing Nick Bilton, Bari Weiss’s choice to lead the show. Pelley defended his coverage of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, which portrayed protesters as aggressive, despite the article arguing protesters were restrained in the face of state violence.

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