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
Science doesn't care, by and large, what the answers are. It's only interested in getting the right answer. And journalism should be very much that way.
The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about it, journalism is one of the pillars on which our society is perched.
Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is 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.