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'60 Minutes' correspondent Scott Pelley fired amid rising tensions at CBS News

Scott Pelley, the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent, was fired from CBS a day after a heated staff meeting exchange with the show's new executive producer.

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David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.
Leila Fadel
Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race.
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