Most Americans don’t watch “60 Minutes,” but if you are over 35, you’ve probably heard of the CBS program. Thanks to Mike Wallace, Don Hewitt, Ed Bradley, and Morley Safer, the news magazine is a huge profit generator to this day.

However, former CBS reporter Scott Pelley, who was fired last night, says the new management, headed by Larry and David Ellison, is trying to “murder” the show. That’s overstated, I believe. They may want to rough it up a bit, but homicide is not profitable in this case.