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The Don Lemon Show

Fired CBS Icon Scott Pelley EXPOSES MAGA Media Bosses!

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Scott Pelley is out. This morning, Don dives into the fallout from Pelley's firing and the slow death of the CBS and 60 Minutes legacy. Is this another sign that journalism is losing its fight against MAGA political pressure? Joined by Dylan Byers, Tara Setmayer, and Scott MacFarlane, we'll break down what it all means for the future of news, truth, and accountability. This episode is sponsored by Byron Publishing. Get your copy of “Bullies, Parasites and Slaves” at https://www.BPS.online or text the word, “BULLY” to 511511 and receive an immediate link to get the book – paperback, E-book or audio. Text Fees may apply. This episode is brought to you by Freedom From Religion Foundation. Visit https://ffrf.us/don or text DON 511511 to join or learn more. Because freedom belongs to all of us. Text Fees May Apply This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp makes it easy to get matched online with a qualified therapist. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/donlemon This episode is brought to you by Shopify. See less carts go abandoned and more sales go with Shopify and their Shop Pay button.Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/lemon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to Hot Topics. We have a long way to go in a short time to get there. If you remember smoking the bandit back in the 70s, if you're old enough, you know what I'm talking about. So we have a lot going on. We're starting pretty much on time this morning because let me just say this. This is breaking news. So tell your friends and family and everybody and all your colleagues and coworkers and whatever to join us this morning because I'm just going to say this that I think that Scott Pelley is right. I think that Scott Pelley is right. And Scott Pelley, not only that, I'm going to say some things that's probably going to

1:12.1

tick off a whole lot of people, maybe some journalists or whatever. I didn't even shave because I had to get down here to get to, because I almost, if I had to drive here, I would have driven my car into the studio. But I ran down here, threw on some stuff. I did shower, but I did not shave. Okay, so let's talk about Scott Pelly.

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If you don't about Scott Pelly.

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If you don't know Scott Pelley's iconic CBS journalist, I think 37 years at the network

1:33.1

and just a, you know, just a very stand-up old school, just die-in-the-wool journalist,

1:43.6

if you want to call it that okay and he was the host of

1:47.6

CBS evening news for a while you see his face you recognize him and so I want to talk

1:52.2

about Scott Pelly this morning and what he did and what it cost him and why I think he

1:57.4

won and he wins anyways and why I think this is a lesson for every

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journalist out there. Some people aren't gonna like it, but you know me, I don't

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pull punches. The thumbnails on this video say that you know they fired him and

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that he's getting revenge. That is true, but the revenge is that's not a lawsuit,

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maybe that's coming, that's not a competing network, that could be coming.

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It's not a book deal or a comeback tour as far as I know.

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The real truth is, and the revenge is the real truth.

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And the truth is already out.

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And so I'm going to give you the full picture here.

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