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
The Army would have us believe that you were operating outside the rules.
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.
It's not the nicknames, it's how they got the nicknames that matters.
Oh now, come on. No wait a minute. That's too this is a company. This is a corporation. Come on.
You have to be a political leader, willing to lose an election if you want to do what's right.
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?
In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.
No one wanted to hire me. No newspaper, television station, television network that I worked for ever wanted to hire me.
Journalists are getting big stories wrong, over and over again.
That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.
The American people can always be trusted with the information.
Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism.