CBS News has fired longtime 60 Minutes correspondent and former "CBS Evening News" anchor Scott Pelley one day after he had a tense and confrontational exchange with new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton.

CBS News has fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley. It came a day after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job.

CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil honored Scott Pelley after he was fired by CBS News leadership. Dokoupil lavished praise on the former 60 Minutes correspondent. Notably, editor-in-chief Bari

CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil delivered a touching on-air tribute to his predecessor Scott Pelley, praising him as someone who “valued truth of all costs” in the wake of his high-profile firing from the network.

CBS News’ latest round of cuts under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss claimed a handful of anchors and correspondents — with more top talent to come in later weeks. Sources told The Post that some of the network’s Friday casualties include correspondent ...

Dokoupil continued, “He believed Freedom of the Press, to quote (James) Madison, was the right that guaranteed all the others and that the stakes are always that high. And that if you made it to ‘CBS News,’ you were among the best in the world. He worked every single day to live up to that standard.”

Pelley was fired by CBS from his role on '60 Minutes' earlier this week following tension within the network

Their statement, however, made clear that staying should not be interpreted as support for CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss or the network’s recent actions.

The latest Chicago Media Report spotlights the final signoff by a CBS News Radio anchor and a lighthearted documentary featuring longtime NBC 5 chief meteorologist Brant Miller and his son.

Founded nearly a century ago, CBS Radio, featuring legends such as Edward R. Murrow, Robert Trout and Charles Osgood, created the template for broadcast journalists. But on May 22, CBS will end its heralded radio service.

Mr. Pelley, a former “CBS Evening News” anchor, was ousted after months of tensions between staff and Bari Weiss, the network’s editor in chief.