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\u201cThe principles I<\/span> hold dear are gone,\u201d 60 Minutes<\/em> correspondent Scott Pelley said after Tuesday night for criticizing Bari Weiss\u2019 leadership at CBS News the day before as submitting to President Donald Trump\u2019s whims. \u201cAnd so I must leave.\u201d<\/p>

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In his statement, he detailed how the program\u2019s new management repeatedly instructed him to \u201cinject falsehoods and bias\u201d and \u201cinclude assertions that are unverified.\u201d Though Pelley refused to do so, he said network leadership allowed politicians to pick their own interviewers \u2014 \u201cgiving politicians control\u201d and destroying the broadcast\u2019s integrity. <\/p>\n

You can read Pelley\u2019s full statement below:<\/p>\n

As I wrote last December, CBS has previously pulled 60 Minutes<\/em> segments, including one that was critical of the Trump administration deporting people from Venezuela to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the 47th News and Documentary Emmy Awards last Wednesday, Scott Pelley handed Santiago Campos, a high school senior, a $10,000 scholarship from CBS News for a submission that reflected on the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdowns through the story of his own family. Campos condemned CBS News in his acceptance speech, stating that the network\u2019s new editorial direction \u201cstains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.\u201d<\/p>

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CBS News\u2019 downfall comes as David Ellison \u2014 son of Oracle co-founder and centi-billionaire Larry Ellison \u2014 took over Paramount, the company that owns the network.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGod, we need young people like you right behind us.\u201d Pelley said to Campos after his acceptance speech. \u201cI know that Mike Wallace is looking down at you with pride at this very moment.\u201d<\/p>

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