{"id":244062,"date":"2026-06-03T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/rachel-maddow-hopes-scott-pelley-is-on-tv-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:27:56","slug":"rachel-maddow-hopes-scott-pelley-is-on-tv-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/rachel-maddow-hopes-scott-pelley-is-on-tv-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Maddow Hopes Scott Pelley is &#8216;On TV Tomorrow&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>60 Minutes<\/em> was a journalistic institution for over half a century, with first-rate investigations and <em>growing<\/em> ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Like<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/ahead-of-stephen-colberts-final-show-jimmy-kimmel-tells-viewers-dont-ever-watch-cbs-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Colbert<\/a> and the rest of CBS News, <em>60 Minutes<\/em> is being dismantled, sabotaged, and corrupted for one sinister reason: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/donald-trump-bashes-stephen-colbert-as-total-jerk-and-dead-person-in-bizarre-rant-following-final-late-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeasing Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Pelley was fired in furtherance of this agenda. <\/p>\n<p>Rachel Maddow has an interesting proposal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Rachel Maddow covers the Scott Pelley firing.\" class=\"wp-image-556395 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-728x410.png 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-1080x608.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_rachelmaddow_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">On MS NOW, Rachel Maddow covered the \u201960 Minutes\u2019 collapse and the firing of Scott Pelley by Trump allies.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: MS NOW)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-he-s-been-fired-by-the-new-management-of-cbs-news\">He\u2019s been fired by the new management of CBS News<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, bombshell reports described legendary journalist Scott Pelley bluntly challenging a new 60 Minutes executive producer.<\/p>\n<p>Bari Weiss has become the thoroughly unqualified head of CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>She isn\u2019t there to improve ratings \u2014 which is good, because she hasn\u2019t. Rather, she\u2019s there to enforce ideologies to please Paramount\u2019s new billionaire owner. And, of course, to appease the Trump regime.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Pelley reportedly questioned Nick Bilton (the new executive producer\u2019s) credentials, or lack thereof. He also called out the obvious dismantling of the show, including mass layoffs, as \u201ccruelty.\u201d Which it is.<\/p>\n<p>Hours after reports of this exchange circulated, Bilton fired Pelley \u2014 one of the most recognizable <em>60 Minutes<\/em> journalists in the show\u2019s history. He had, it seemed, hurt the man\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BREAKING: Maddow on CBS firing 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tg3R8XrmdYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As you can see, Rachel Maddow used her position on MS NOW to cover the story extensively.<\/p>\n<p>She bluntly expressed a hope for Pelley\u2019s future even as she skewered the ill-informed trolls who are dismantling journalistic institutions out of spite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no pretense,\u201d she pointed out. \u201cThere\u2019s no saying this is for any other reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She admitted: \u201cI don\u2019t know where Scott Pelley will land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maddow added: \u201cFrankly, I hope he lands right here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1024x648.png\" alt=\"A portion of Scott Pelley's bold statement upon his firing from 60 Minutes.\" class=\"wp-image-556396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-960x608.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1080x683.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1200x759.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1024x648.png\" alt=\"A portion of Scott Pelley's bold statement upon his firing from 60 Minutes.\" class=\"wp-image-556396 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-960x608.png 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1080x683.png 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01-1200x759.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01.png 1272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0603_use_scottpelley_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this MS NOW graphic, we see part of Scott Pelley\u2019s statement \u2014 accusing Bari Weiss and her cronies of subverting \u201960 Minutes\u2019 in its journalistic mission.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: MS NOW)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-hope-he-s-on-tv-tomorrow\">\u2018I hope he\u2019s on TV tomorrow\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Maddow drew multiple connections to actions of other fascist strongmen, like the recently dethroned Victor Orban in Hungary. (Narendra Modi in India is perhaps an even better example.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when the president baldly says, \u2018I am going to use the power of the state in order to get the media that I want,\u2019 and he lines up oligarchic friends in order to do that for him,\u201d she reasoned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope he\u2019s on TV tomorrow,\u201d Maddow emphasized. She then pointed out how this is larger than any journalist, show, or network, but about fundamental American freedoms that are slipping away under the Trump regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I hope that everybody in journalism and everybody who values a free press figures out ways to outmaneuver the people who are trying to take the free press from us,\u201d Maddow aspired. <\/p>\n<p>She acknowledged: \u201cBut it is a fully joined fight at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"STUNNING: Fired \u201960 Minutes\u2019 star Scott Pelley BLOWS WHISTLE on CBS execs for \u2018falsehoods and bias\u2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_tyIavp9vNA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Pelley\u2019s response to his firing included direction accusations of management\u2019s misuse of <em>60 Minutes<\/em> and of CBS News in order to push an agenda.<\/p>\n<p>This has included instructing him to \u201cinject falsehoods\u201d into his reporting. He managed to ignore these instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Speculative fiction often imagines fascist takeovers as involving armed men with guns. As we\u2019ve seen on the streets of Minneapolis, of Los Angeles, of DC, of Memphis, and more \u2014 that isn\u2019t inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to taking over the media, all that it takes is a small number of billionaire collaborators to buy these monolithic institutions and gut them into twisted mockeries of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The remedy will require more than ousting these takeovers. Among many other things, the overthrow of the Trump regime will need to be followed by holding his enablers and collaborators to account for their crimes against America.<\/p>\n<p>In the mean time, yes, we hope that Scott Pelley lands on his feet \u2014 at MS NOW or elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/scott-pelley-fired-60-minutes-rachel-maddow-invitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes 60 Minutes was a journalistic institution for over half a century, with first-rate investigations and growing ratings. Like Colbert and the rest of CBS News, 60 Minutes is being dismantled, sabotaged, and corrupted for one sinister reason: appeasing Donald Trump. Scott Pelley was fired in furtherance of this agenda. 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