The Cost of Telling the Truth | CBS Fires Scott Pelley — June 3, 2026
6/4/202614 min
CBS fires 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley after he refuses to put falsehoods on air — and goes public on Bari Weiss. Plus: Trump's pick Randy Feenstra loses the Iowa governor primary, the Pentagon hires a convicted January 6th rioter for a top-secret counterterrorism job, Rep. Andy Ogles' Pride Month post draws fire from his own party, and a new assessment says the Iran war left its nuclear program more dangerous, not less.
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First 90 secondsAdam Kinzinger· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Everybody, welcome back to News From My Hotel Room. One more day. So our top story today, CBS just fired one of the most trusted faces in news. Scott Pelley said he was ordered to put falsehoods into his reporting. He refused, and now he's out. This is exactly why I do this show, by the way. S- nobody's telling me what I can or can't say. The only people I answer to are those who are watching, you and subscribers. Thank you for making this all possible. We're gonna also get into the voters of Iowa handing Trump's handpicked candidate a stunning primary loss. Pete Hegseth giving a convicted January 6th rioter a sensitive counterterrorism job, a sitting congressman's homophobic tweet, and a sobering new assessment that the war with Iran has left us in more nuclear danger, not less. How does that happen? More danger. Whatever. Thanks again for being here. So let's just get right to it and talk about what we have. So we start with CBS firing a man with 37 years of credibility for refusing to lie. Scott Pelley is a name that everyone knows. He anchored the CBS Evening News.