The problem with Scott Pelley is the same problem that has existed across the media since the 1960s -- they do not see "liberal/progressive" as being a "bias" that effects their reporting.
To them, "liberalism/progressivism" is a matter of "right v. wrong" -- liberal/progressives are "right" in their views, and the political opposition is "wrong."
This comes off of college campuses, where it has progressed over the past 30 years to the point that political opposition isn't just "wrong," it is is illegitimate and cannot be allowed as a counter-point of view in a healthy two-sided political debate.
The devolution of the Democrat party down to the DSA is a reflection of that inability to accomodate political debate.
Pelley realizes that problem, and he realizes Bari Weiss is not a "conservative" -- she's just not as progressive as the CBS News environment she was hired to lead.
But Pelley -- and the others -- don't want to be "led" in the "wrong" direction. So he pivots to a question of competence. She doesn't know television.
Really? Which aspect?
Production? She can hire apolitical staff with 50 years in TV production to manage that.
Business? -- I think the success of the Free Press answers that question.
Editorial Content -- THAT is his problem. She brought a POV that was "anathema" to CBS News.
EARTH TO SCOTT PELLEY -- THAT'S WHY DAVID ELLISON PICKED HER!!!!!!
@bonchieredstate If I remember correctly, you were always attacking MAGA over 2020. You don't think a party capable of what we are seeing in LA, for a mayor's race, was doing the same thing in Detroit and Milwaukee for a Presidential?
@notistotny@AGHamilton29 "In an unprecedented move, several Democrat-controlled cities in key swing states, abruptly stopped counting votes in the middle of Election Night, causing mass confusion and frustration." - NYT