Scott Pelley Quotes

Scott Pelley — American Journalist born on July 28, 1957,

Scott Cameron Pelley is an American television journalist who is anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News and a correspondent for the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes. Prior to his 60 Minutes position, Pelley was a correspondent for the 60 Minutes II program and served as CBS News Chief White House correspondent... (wikipedia)

We have entered a time when a writer's first idea is his best idea, when the first thing a reporter hears is the first thing that she reports. We live in a time now when we have seen major television networks take video off of YouTube and broadcast it to millions of Americans without verifying whether the video had been fabricated or not.

Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism.

I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.

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.

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.

Scott Pelley Quotes

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