Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss is putting a 'thumb on the scale' for Trump's version of events at CBS News

• Scott Pelley said Bari Weiss is putting a “thumb on the scale” for the Trump administration’s version of events at CBS News.
• CBS News fired Pelley after he clashed with a “60 Minutes” executive producer and criticized Weiss.
• Weiss took over CBS News after Paramount-Skydance acquired her former outlet, The Free Press.

Ellison’s company, Skydance Media, merged with Paramount the following month.

In his interview on Sunday, Pelley described that settlement as a “bribe.”

“That lawsuit against 60 Minutes had caused a great deal of concern in ’60 Minutes.’ Paying the bribe broke our hearts,” he said. “No lawyer thought that was necessary.”