<p>FCC Chairman Brendan Carr slammed former "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley on Sunday after Pelley said he did not expect to be fired from CBS News following a heated clash with the program's new leadership.</p><p>Carr responded to Pelley's remarks in a <a href="https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/2063605545773260895?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">post on X</a>, where he argued the longtime CBS journalist's reaction reflected a broader problem inside legacy media.</p><p>"One of the reasons why <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/fcc-chairman-sounds-clarion-call-return-unbiased-trustworthy-journalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trust in media is so low</a> is because many legacy journalists are completely out of touch," Carr said.</p><p>He also said Pelley’s conduct would not be tolerated in a typical workplace.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/fcc-seeks-shift-power-national-programmers-local-broadcasters-public-interest-push" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>FCC SEEKS TO SHIFT POWER FROM NATIONAL PROGRAMMERS TO LOCAL BROADCASTERS IN PUBLIC INTEREST PUSH</strong></a></p><p>"You could not get away with that behavior at any run of the mill job," Carr said. "It is revealing to see how blind some are to that."</p><p>Pelley was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/scott-pelley-fired-cbs-news-after-blowups-bari-weiss-new-60-minutes-producer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired after 37 years</a> at CBS News, where he served as a White House correspondent, anchor of the "CBS Evening News" and correspondent for "60 Minutes."</p><p>In an interview with The New York Times, Pelley said he did not believe he was walking into a termination meeting after his <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/scott-pelley-has-heated-confrontation-new-60-minutes-boss-accuses-bari-weiss-murdering-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confrontation with new "60 Minutes"</a> executive producer Nick Bilton.</p><p>"Oh gosh, furthest thing from my mind," Pelley said. "It hadn’t occurred to me."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cbs-news-fires-60-minutes-correspondents-top-producer-sweeping-shakeup-storied-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CBS NEWS FIRES '60 MINUTES' CORRESPONDENTS, TOP PRODUCER IN SWEEPING SHAKEUP OF STORIED PROGRAM</strong></a></p><p>Pelley acknowledged that the meeting with Bilton had been tense, but he defended the tone of his questioning by pointing to the program’s history.</p><p>"‘60 Minutes’ is known for two things: a ticking stopwatch and hard questions," he said.</p><p>Pelley said the confrontation came after <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/60-minutes-meltdown-scott-pelley-fired-praised-scolded-attacking-bari-weiss-charges-bias" target="_blank" rel="noopener">senior staffers and several correspondents</a> were dismissed, and after Bilton was introduced to the newsroom as the program's new executive producer.</p><p>"No one saw the Black Thursday massacre coming," Pelley said.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cbs-bari-weiss-facing-mounting-backlash-from-liberal-critics-over-yanking-60-minutes-segment" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>CBS, BARI WEISS FACING MOUNTING BACKLASH FROM LIBERAL CRITICS OVER YANKING '60 MINUTES' SEGMENT</strong></a></p><p>Pelley said he was angered by Bilton’s introductory email to the staff and by the way Bilton addressed employees after the dismissals.</p><p>"It betrayed the fact that Nick Bilton didn’t know anything about us, didn’t know anything about our culture, and yet was being imposed on us as our new leader," Pelley said.</p><p>Pelley also criticized CBS News editor-in-chief <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/bari-weiss-addresses-scott-pelley-firing-cbs-news-staff-call-path-he-chose" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bari Weiss</a>, who was installed under new ownership after David Ellison's acquisition of Paramount.</p><p>"She’s a lovely person," Pelley said. "And her Free Press organization that she founded has been very successful. But television’s not her thing."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE</u></strong></a></p><p>Pelley accused Weiss of pushing editorial changes on a politically sensitive "60 Minutes" story involving protests and an immigration enforcement shooting in Minneapolis.</p><p>He said he believed the requested changes would have favored President Donald Trump's view of the events.</p><p>"There was a thumb on the scale for the president’s version of events that I felt was a level of political influence that I had never seen in 37 years at CBS News," Pelley said.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/cbs-shoots-political-interference-claims-aftermath-60-minutes-firings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News denied that Weiss</a> acted with political motivation, saying her editorial notes were intended to make the piece "as strong, fair, and accurate as possible."</p>
