Anchor animal Scott Pelley was dispatched to CBS News’ Washington, DC, bureau last week by CBS brass to apologize for rubbing staffers there the wrong way, sources said. One insider told us dissension over pugnacious Pelley’s brusque treatment of them “had been building up for a long time. Scott was ordered to go to the DC bureau on Thursday to offer an apology. It had gotten really bad in the past few weeks, and he was told by management to get his ass to DC.” Page Six previously reported Pelley blew his stack at CBS News employees when colleague John Miller’s scoop about the recent State Department sex scandal broke on “CBS This Morning” with Charlie Rose and Gayle King rather than on Pelley’s “CBS Evening News.” While insisting to us he didn’t have a meltdown at the time, Pelley had a meltdown, telling us: “You wouldn’t last 10 seconds at CBS News. This is not how reporters do their job. You called my publicist but not me in my office?” But when we called Pelley’s office last night about his recent DC trip, we were told all calls must be transferred to a publicist. His rep explained: “Scott is often in Washington, was a correspondent there for many years, and talks all the time with members of the team.” A friend added, “Scott just went to DC to visit with the staff and speak to them.” Pelley was also recently called out by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly after he played down Fox News Channel’s ratings and exaggerated his own network’s figures.
CBS brass sends Scott Pelley to DC to apologize to bureau staff
