Firings at CBS' '60 Minutes' reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump

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• Firings at CBS' '60 Minutes' reflect the fight for media control in the age of Trump toggle caption CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images/CBS Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning.
• When CBS fired Scott Pelley on Tuesday night, the new 60 Minutes executive producer, Nick Bilton, told Pelley it was for insubordination at a staff meeting the day before.
• The veteran correspondent argues he was defending the DNA of 60 Minutes and the integrity of its journalism.
• The battle royale over the network's most prestigious and profitable news program is part of a broader fight over the direction of CBS News.
• And given CBS's acquisition by a billionaire family whose business interests have become intertwined with the political interests of President Trump, it reflects a larger war over control of the media in the current moment.