In a rare on-air rebuke April 27, longtime correspondent for the CBS newsmagazine Scott Pelley said the broadcaster's parent company Paramount had become heavy-handed in its oversight.

Legendary “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley launched an astonishing on-air attack on his Paramount bosses for interfering with their coverage. Pelley went rogue at the end of Sunday night’s episode during what appeared to be a simple tribute to Bill Owens,

Minutes’ top journalist Scott Pelley condemned CBS parent company Paramount in an on-air rebuke of the network. Pelley directly criticized the network in the first episode since the program’s executive producer,