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The Buck Sexton Show

Buck Brief - Scott Pelley is a Jerk Who Deserved to Get Canned

The Buck Sexton Show

Premiere Networks

News, Government, Politics

4.74.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Buck Sexton reacts to the departure of CBS journalist Scott Pelley, arguing that it reflects a broader decline in public trust in legacy media. Buck discusses leadership changes at CBS, the future of 60 Minutes, media bias, and the growing influence of independent news sources and digital platforms. He also examines how shifting audience habits are challenging the traditional network news model and reshaping the media landscape.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.3

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.2

Perhaps a final nail in the coffin for the era of the overpaid, pompous douchebag TV news anchor.

0:13.9

That is what I take away from Scott Pelly, getting ejected, fired.

0:20.4

You fired, Scott. That's right. The furrowed brow embodiment of

0:25.5

network news sanctimony has been tossed from 60 Minutes and CBS. He earned every bit of it,

0:31.1

by the way. That was the story from this week. This wasn't some corporate hatchet job on a noble truth teller, though that's obviously

0:39.6

the martyrdom narrative he wants to go with. This was a guy who spent years perched on a high horse

0:45.0

that he never deserved in the first place, lecturing America with that mix of moral superiority

0:51.0

and selective outrage. And he finally just got what he deserved in spectacular fashion.

0:58.8

No severance, no golden parachute, just the door hitting him on the way out.

1:03.1

And his bosses had zero choice.

1:05.3

He made sure that this was the only way this was going to go.

1:08.4

So let's go back to the beginning of the week.

1:09.6

So you got new leadership at CBS. For those you're like, Buck, why do you care about this?

1:13.6

Because the whole edifice of the lib media, the corporate lib media, New York Times, CNN, now CBS,

1:21.8

this all has come crumbling down. And it's because they're all frauds. And their whole premise that

1:27.4

they are unbiased and that they're just doing news is a lie. So I think that it's because they're all frauds and their whole premise that they are unbiased and

1:28.5

that they're just doing news is a lie. So I think that it's important. It's important for the

1:33.4

country that the truth be out there for all on these issues. So CBS, they've got new leadership.

1:42.6

There's the Paramount Skydance shakeup.

1:45.4

Barry Weiss is editor-in-chief.

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