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60 Minutes has come up in 5 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including The Megyn Kelly Show, The Joe Rogan Experience, Pod Save America. 5 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Megyn KellyConservative broadcaster and podcaster
Kelly predicts Scott Pelley will move to a PBS program like Frontline rather than independent media.
“My prediction would be next move will be like PBS, you know, like a frontline type program”
The Megyn Kelly Show: The TRUTH About Jill's Treatment of Joe Biden, Bari Weiss' Leadership, and "Strangers" Accuracy, with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1332 (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 1:20:36
Kelly agrees with critics that 60 Minutes has a left-leaning bias.
“They're not wrong that 60 Minutes has a bias problem, And it leans left”
The Megyn Kelly Show: The TRUTH About Jill's Treatment of Joe Biden, Bari Weiss' Leadership, and "Strangers" Accuracy, with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1332 (Jun 4, 2026) · Listen from 55:48
Kelly noted that in December 2025 she had predicted Weiss would fire Scott Pelley before mid-2026, and said the prediction came true.
“he's fired before we are halfway through 2026. And Barry let him go. And I don't blame her one bit. It was the right call”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Pratt and Hilton Closer to Runoff, and CBS News WAR Between Pelley and Bari Weiss, with Adam Carolla | Ep. 1331 (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 56:31
Kelly argues that Siebel Newsom's position would give female journalists special protection, making her the sexist.
“which Jennifer, I have news to you, makes you the sexist, not Donald Trump”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Kimmel's "Widow" Double Standard, Left Celebrates Political Violence, and Newsom's Hypocrisy, with Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1305 (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:33:53
Alex WagnerMSNBC host who hosts episodes in the Pod Save America feed
Wagner called on Paramount's entertainment talent to speak out, arguing only they could pressure the Ellisons.
“It's another thing for everybody who's on a Tyler Sheridan show to say, hey, you can't gut the fourth estate just because you want to make money”
Pod Save America: Trump's Versailles on the Potomac (Jun 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:32
Wagner argued the Ellisons are gutting 60 Minutes to curry favor with Trump and secure the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
“the best way to do that and ensure that they can proceed with the paramount Warner Brothers discovery merger, which is supposed to happen as soon as next month”
Pod Save America: Trump's Versailles on the Potomac (Jun 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:03
Joe RoganAmerican comedian and host of The Joe Rogan Experience
Rogan argues that a newsroom describing Renee Good as driving toward the officer would sacrifice credibility by contradicting verifiable video.
“If you were running a newsroom, that would be the last thing you would want to do is contradict something that's obviously verifiable”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2518 - Tim Dillon (Jun 24, 2026) · Listen from 2:08:45
Jon FavreauCo-host of Pod Save America and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama
Favreau rejected claims that the 60 Minutes shakeup was about fixing a bad workplace culture.
“You're not going to tell me that she and Nick Bilton and all the rest of them are this fucking dumb”
Pod Save America: Trump's Versailles on the Potomac (Jun 5, 2026) · Listen from 1:12:40
Stu BurguiereConservative commentator, host of Predictable and Stu and Dave Do America on Blaze TV
Burguiere says reading the manifesto was fair but objects to O'Donnell's feigned uncertainty about whom it referred to.
“i have no problem with with her bringing up uh what was said in the manifesto honestly it's it's almost like a bit of a softball”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Kimmel's "Widow" Double Standard, Left Celebrates Political Violence, and Newsom's Hypocrisy, with Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1305 (Apr 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:36:33
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Megyn Kelly Show · 3 episodes
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
#2518 - Tim DillonThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 24, 2026 · 2 h 45 min
Joe Rogan and comedian Tim Dillon discuss Los Angeles' decline, UK speech arrests and migration, AI, UFOs, DMT, the White House UFC card, Bari Weiss's CBS, Israel and the Iran war, and 2028 politics.
Trump's Versailles on the PotomacPod Save America · Jun 5, 2026 · 1 h 20 min
Jon Favreau and Alex Wagner discuss Trump's building projects, the J6 slush fund, ICE detention, Blanche and Pulte nominations, California primaries, Graham Platner, 60 Minutes, and Favreau's mistaken UFC invite.
The TRUTH About Jill's Treatment of Joe Biden, Bari Weiss' Leadership, and "Strangers" Accuracy, with Maureen Callahan | Ep. 1332The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 4, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Megyn Kelly and Maureen Callahan discuss California's slow vote count, Belle Burden's memoir Strangers, turmoil at CBS News under Bari Weiss, Jill Biden, Blake Lively and Ted Danson.
Pratt and Hilton Closer to Runoff, and CBS News WAR Between Pelley and Bari Weiss, with Adam Carolla | Ep. 1331The Megyn Kelly Show · Jun 3, 2026 · 1 h 44 min
Megyn Kelly and Adam Carolla discuss California's primary results, Pride Month, the Scott Pelley–Bari Weiss feud at CBS News, and the killing of Henry Nowak.
Kimmel's "Widow" Double Standard, Left Celebrates Political Violence, and Newsom's Hypocrisy, with Stu Burguiere | Ep. 1305The Megyn Kelly Show · Apr 28, 2026 · 1 h 41 min
Megyn Kelly and Stu Burguiere criticize Jimmy Kimmel's 'expectant widow' joke, ABC's double standards, left-wing celebration of political violence, and Jennifer Siebel Newsom's misogyny charge against Trump.