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Former ’60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Bill Owens Praises Scott Pelley For Speaking Out, Blasts CBS News For Purge Of Top Staffers And Correspondents

Hours after Scott Pelley made headlines for speaking out against firings and other changes at 60 Minutes, the show’s former executive producer offered words of praise for the correspondent. Bill Owens told a New York Press Club event that Pelley “can smell fraud a mile away.” Owe

Former ’60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Bill Owens Praises Scott Pelley For Speaking Out, Blasts CBS News For Purge Of Top Staffers And Correspondents
Deadline Hollywood — 1 June 2026
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Hours after Scott Pelley made headlines for speaking out against firings and other changes at 60 Minutes, the show’s former executive producer offered words of praise for the correspondent. Bill Owens told a New York Press Club event that Pelley “can smell fraud a mile away.” Owens, receiving the New York Press Club’s Gabe Pressman […]

This report comes from Deadline Hollywood. The story centres on Former ’60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Bill Owens Praises Scott Pelley For Speaking Out, Blasts CBS News For Purge Of Top Staffers And Correspondents. Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from Deadline Hollywood and related outlets covering this beat.

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