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I understand the nostalgia behind their reasoning, but that reasoning is flawed. This is the sunk cost fallacy. And frankly they could do a lot more for journalism, and even their beloved 60 minutes, by letting Weiss drown.

Whoa. Would have guessed 10 years younger. Well, she's never been more powerful. And it'll round out her memoirs.

I have not! Will look for it.

Pelley says in the interview that he had decided with those three correspondents to also remain, and was surprised that he was fired. He didn't quit on principle, just stood up for his colleagues at a staff meeting. (Meanwhile they were away reporting; maybe they would have done it too.)

Especially perplexed by Sawyer. Like, what kind of thought process ends in, 'Yeah, Bari is both albatross and cinder block... but I need to help save the show,' especially when you are tying yourself to it at its worst, rather than its best?

Selfishness

Stahl, especially

As I believe you said earlier, the only reason is to protect others jobs. I think we are past that point now but I find their remaining rationales for staying specious at best.

Cowards, that’s all you need to understand

I thought Pelley’s interview indicated he would have stayed and fought if he hadn’t been fired. He was the one who spoke out at the meeting because he was only correspondent present and most senior in the room.

It's the same old story - stay and "fight for what's right" or leave on the basis of principle. But like staying on Twitter, you are fighting a losing battle. The game is rigged against you, and you are just aiding and abetting at that point.

I'm convinced that her editors have a competition of who can use the most ridiculous cutaway, which just screams for a clipreel.

I agree, but even Pelley had to be forced out. The Renee Good killing that he references was months ago.

Those 3 were never worthy of watching

Brave, brave Leslie Stahl🙄

Maybe it's more like making CBS fire them.

I think about the Leslie Stahl interview of Kushner & Witkoff... not one mention of the genocide in Gaza. That's not Leslie's style... I smell Bari all over that segment. Pandering for $$$$

“We got a very encouraging memo.”

I think they'll do better financially if they're fired.

"No matter what you believe you're talking about, what you're actually talking about is money."

Lesley Stahl has always been conservative. Her comments, questions and such have made that abundantly clear.

If they aren't going to bend to the whims, forcing CBS to fire them isn't necessarily a bad thing.