CBS’ “60 Minutes” host Scott Pelley reportedly argued that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss needed to take her job “more seriously” after the fallout from her pulling a “60 Minutes” segment last month.On Monday, The New Yorker reported on ongoing tensions within the network since Weiss formally took charge in October through its parent company, Paramount Skydance, under new CEO David Ellison. The tensions escalated after she abruptly pulled a “60 Minutes” segment covering migrants sent to the El Salvador prison CECOT by the Trump administration hours before it was set to air.The article highlighted a meeting between the show’s staff members the day after the decision, where Pelley allegedly called out the new leadership.BARI WEISS SUGGESTS CECOT ’60 MINUTES’ PIECE SHE DELAYED WASN’T ‘FAIR’ IN MEMO TO STAFFERS”[D]uring a ’60 Minutes’ staff meeting, Scott Pelley, a longtime correspondent, expressed frustration that Weiss hadn’t attended any of the screenings of the segment or communicated directly with [’60 Minutes’ correspondent Sharyn] Alfonsi. ‘She needs to take her job a little bit more seriously,’ he said,” the article read.This marked a shift in Pelley’s perspective since his previous comments on how new leadership had been affecting “60 Minutes” last month, prior to the controversy.”However, I will say that in that season, last season, all of our stories got on the air. We got them all on the air,” Pelley said on Dec. 12. “We got them on the air with an absolute minimum of interference, nothing anyone in this room would be…
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