New '60 Minutes' producer hopes to crack down on 'rumors' leaked to press following dramatic shakeup

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Scott Pelley, former '60 Minutes' correspondent, emotionally recounts his dismissal from CBS, likening the experience to a spouse's murder. Jesse Watters on 'Jesse Watters Primetime' criticizes Pelley's dramatic interview, suggesting a lack of self-awareness regarding media bias. Newly minted "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton is hoping to tamp down the leaks to the press about newsroom drama, much of which he insists are false. "Since I started here there has been roughly a rumor a day. About me, about you, about what's coming next — 95% percent of them are fabrications and blatantly incorrect," Bilton wrote Monday in a staff memo obtained by Fox News Digital. "I no longer have the time or the patience for them, and I'd rather we spend that energy on the stories." "If you hear something and it matters to you, come ask me and I'll tell you w