The Worst of CBS’s 60 Minutes
What follows is just a sampling of leftist agenda (via the MRC archives) forwarded by Scott Pelley and his fellow 60 Minutes blabbers Lesley Stahl, Morley Safer, Mike Wallace and Andy Rooney.
Bozell Explains Why Public Trust in the Media Hits a Historic Low
On the latest episode of the Wired In podcast, host Cabot Phillips spoke with Media Research Center President David Bozell to analyze the off-the-rails Scott Pelley's New York Times podcast interview and President Donald Trump’s walkout on NBC’s Kristen Welker.
Bozell on Pelley’s Grasp at Another Fifteen Minutes of Fame.
President of the Media Research Center David Bozell joined American Agenda on Newsmax Monday afternoon to react to Scott Pelley's recent interview with the New York Times. Pelley is on a parading press tour over his firing at CBS, dressing himself up as a martyr for journalism and the first amendment. In reality, it was his repeated clashes with 60 Minutes editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and…
Bozell Exposes Late-Night Collapse & Left-Wing Bias on Wilkow Majority
On Monday afternoon, Media Research Center (MRC) President David Bozell joined Andrew Wilkow on The Wilkow Majority to rip into the glaring double standards, stale partisan groupthink, and blatant favoritism dominating today's corporate media landscape.
NBC Touts ‘Emotional,’ ‘Ticked Off’ Scott Pelley Ripping CBS Bosses
While ABC has been surprisingly silent, NBC’s lead newscasts of Today and NBC Nightly News haven’t been able to get enough of the CBS News drama, so it was natural that, on Monday’s Today, the show had a full story boasting of his “emotional” interview to The New York Times this past weekend showing much he’s “ticked off” about his ouster and leveling “…
Bozell on Kristen Welker & Scott Pelley with Larry O'Connor
Media Research Center President David Bozell joined Larry O’Connor on O’Connor & Company Monday morning to take aim at a total collapse in journalistic standards at NBC and CBS. Focusing on NBC’s Kristen Welker and former CBS anchor Scott Pelley, Bozell argued that the modern press corps is increasingly defined by double standards and open hostility toward the public.
POMPOSITY OVERLOAD: Here Are the Big Moments From Pelley’s NYT Sitdown
Apparently, the bravest, most important man in America, fired CBS journalist Scott Pelley, sat down for an interview with New York Times podcast host Lulu Garcia-Navarro that aired Sunday (and taped Friday). It was a tour de force in rancorous arrogance and legendary levels of main character syndrome as he denied believing his semi-public berating of 60 Minutes boss Nick…
The CBS-Scott Pelley Turmoil Continues
A while back in this space - April 4th to be exact - the headline here was this, "Do 'Major Shakeups' Mean CBS News Is in Free Fall?"
Maher Associates Platner's Nazi Tattoo With Conservatives
Friday’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher brought out the best and worst of the eponymous host. On one hand, Maher reacted to Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s ever-growing list of scandals by claiming he would have thought a Nazi tattoo was a conservative thing and that in the past, sex scandals have only been disqualifying for Democrats. However, in the Overtime…
Arrogance: Remaining ‘60 Minutes’ Journos Trash Bosses...But Will Stay
The mystery of whether the three remaining 60 Minutes correspondents – Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim – would remain at the CBS newsmagazine was solved Friday when they revealed in a joint memo displaying their aircraft carrier-sized egos that they would stay and attempt to work with CBS News editor-in-chief and new 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton.…
Fallon Suggests CBS Will Hire Vladimir Putin 'To Appeal To Trump'
NBC’s Jimmy Fallon returned to the subject of CBS and 60 Minutes firing Scott Pelley on Thursday by playing a satirical 60 Minutes intro that featured what he considered to be some of the replacements CBS could try to “appeal to Trump” and included Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Ex-NBC Boss Rips Weiss: 'What the Hell Is Going on with This Lady?'
Appearing as a guest late Wednesday on MS NOW's The 11th Hour, former NBC News chairman Andy Lack slammed CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss for her efforts to reform the 60 Minutes show, including the recent firing of Scott Pelley, displaying an almost sexist attitude toward Weiss as he imagined how 60 Minutes founder Don Hewitt might have responded.
Column: When Cowardly Journalists Abuse Anonymous Sourcing
Journalists love to proclaim that they bring transparency to democracy, but it’s far too often the exact opposite. They try to run our democracy by exploiting anonymous sources. So when Trump is president, “senior administration officials” say “he’s coming seriously unglued.” When Biden was president, “senior administration officials” say “he’s quite lucid in private meetings.” Journalists use…
NewsBusters Podcast: Pelley’s Pompous Crashout and Taer Scoops on NJ
NewsBusters Associate Editor Nick Fondacaro and I were joined by 2026 MRC Bulldog Award winner for Outstanding Reporter Jennie Taer of the Daily Wire to discuss her latest news-breaking scoops on the immigration beat. She shared her latest exclusive on the left’s latest meltdown over an ICE facility in northern New Jersey. Prior to chatting with Taer, we tore into Scott Pelley for his arrogant…
