'Scott Pelley Alleges CBS Asked Him To 'Inject Falsehoods' Into Story After '60 Minutes' Firing--Full Statement'

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1. Excerpt from Pelley's full statement:

(Scott Pelley) "For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all."