Read the letter firing Scott Pelley from ‘60 Minutes’ — and his response

On Tuesday evening, “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley was fired following a heated meeting with executive producer Nick Bilton.

Bilton was named to the job Thursday following CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss’s decision to fire executive producer Tanya Simon, three other top producers, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.

“What qualifies you to be in this position?” Pelley asked Bilton during the Monday meeting. Pelley accused Weiss of “murdering ‘60 Minutes.’”

Pelley was fired Tuesday when Bilton sent him this letter, printed in full below.

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