Laura Ingraham sharply criticized Scott Pelley as a “snob” after revealing she briefly worked with him at CBS News.
“I had a short stint at CBS News as a commentator in the late 1980s and overlapped with Pelley when he was White House correspondent,” Ingraham said. “We only exchanged a few words in the hallway — nothing significant.”
“He may not remember me — I was just a lowly peon — but I remember him clearly. He carried himself like a snob, with an aura that he was above everyone else.”
Ingraham added that she found his attitude surprising given his background: “Not what I expected from a man born in San Antonio. Texans of his generation are usually much more in touch with how real Americans think — something the new CBS News president, Bari Weiss, appears to be trying to tap into.”
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Talking business....
Bill Taylor • June 10, 2026
CBS is reported to to have held conversations with several candidates for a business-side counterpart to Weiss.
“The search implies that if Paramount Skydance’s deal with Warner Bros. Discovery goes through, Weiss would oversee news across both CBS News and CNN. Her potential counterpart would manage business operations across both companies.”
Some heavy hitters are under consideration — including NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde, CNN Worldwide CEO Mark Thompson, and former NBC News president Noah Oppenheim.
“Paramount had also considered Ben Sherwood, the Daily Beast’s CEO and former ABC News president, and David Rhodes, former CBS News president and current Sky News executive chairman, according to a source familiar with the search.”
— Axios
It’s not clear if any of those names are interested in the job. It also should be noted that the Axios report said their sources say Weiss’ job at CBS News remains secure despite plenty of recent controversies. A source told Axios, “The Paramount brass loves Bari Weiss. She has the full confidence of (Paramount Skydance chair) David Ellison, who believes Bari has done a fantastic job as editor-in-chief.
Change happens
Jason Remington • June 9, 2026
CBS hired Colbert and kept him on the air long after the show started losing millions$$ and audience numbers dwindled.
CBS killed off the radio network.
Now, people are shocked that CBS is making changes to 60 Minutes.
Who thought that network management would always make the right call?
One headline after another.
Bill • June 9, 2026
A CBS News source told CNN’s Brian Stelter, “We are so bone-tired of being in the news.”
Stelter wrote, “After speaking with people there all weekend long, I can say that morale within the news organization is as low as you’d expect, and there is a wide range of opinion about what’s gone down at ‘60 Minutes.’ Some newsroom staffers believe Weiss is the problem, while others are more forgiving (or at least less impacted by her changes). A few told me they wish Weiss would defend herself and explain her moves on the record, though I’m told nondisparagement clauses and other legal provisions stand in the way of that.
Stelter added, “Most of all, the CBS News staffers conveyed that the newsroom is still soldiering on, landing scoops, asking questions, doing the work. The big unknown, one veteran CBS Newser said, is, ‘How many viewers have turned us off or tuned us out because of all of this?’”
Turned off because news organizations are supposed to deliver the news, not become it.