Scott Pelley
Scott Pelley
Scott Cameron Pelley is an American journalist. Pelley is the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, and is a correspondent for the CBS News magazine, 60 Minutes. Prior to his position on 60 Minutes, Pelley served as a correspondent on 60 Minutes II from 1999 to 2004, and as the CBS News Chief White House Correspondent from 1997 to 1999...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth28 July 1957
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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Never before in human history has more information been available to more people. But at the same time, never before in human history has more bad information been available to more people.
Lt. Col. Ronald Stallings told investigators, quote, 'he had no idea,' end quote, that prisoners were being chained overhead for 24 hours and more. What you seem to be saying is that it was common knowledge.
America is strong because its journalism is strong. That's how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses. And that is where we come in.
It's not the nicknames, it's how they got the nicknames that matters.
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You have to be a political leader, willing to lose an election if you want to do what's right.
You have to take risks on policy. You can't be a politician, wringing your hands, worried about what the public opinion polls are saying or worried about the negative attacks. If you believe in something, go fight for it.
The problem the cable channels have is they have to fill 24 hours. That's a terrible thing. We only do that on the biggest stories. The thing is there has happened to be a lot o
If I do an interview with [Holocaust survivor] Elie Wiesel, am I required as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?
Not a lot of people watch cable news, they just don't.
Never before in human history has more bad information been available to more people.
In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.