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By Charlie McCarthy | Tuesday, 20 May 2025 01:29 PM EDT
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CBS News' Scott Pelley condemned President Donald Trump and his administration during a commencement address at Wake Forest University.
Pelley, a "60 Minutes" correspondent, spoke to Wake Forest graduates Monday, the same day CBS News President Wendy McMahon said she was stepping down amid a Trump lawsuit aimed at the network over the editing of an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
During his speech, Pelley compared "this moment" in U.S. history to the Civil War, World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement, and he defended diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
"Why attack universities? Why attack journalism?" Pelley asked during his speech. "Because ignorance works for power.
"First, make the truth-seekers live in fear ... power can rewrite history with grotesque false narratives. They can make criminals heroes and heroes criminals. Power can change the definition of the words we use to describe reality. 'Diversity' is now described as 'illegal.' 'Equity' is to be shunned. 'Inclusion' is a dirty word."
Pelley urged the graduates to overcome "fear" and speak up about things under attack.
"In this moment, this moment, this morning, our sacred rule of law is under attack," he said. "Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack.
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Scott Pelley seems like a guy who had his front teeth removed so he could give better gay sex.
The thing about Pelley is - he’s a freaking dummy.
He’s like Don Lemon dumb.
That’s still too expensive to use as toilet paper or to line a bird cage with.
He's a white guy. Time for Scott to go.
My grandson graduated from Wake last year. His commencement speaker was someone we never heard of but she was certainly not controversial. Wake Forest isn’t exactly a bastion of liberalism. My grandson’s fraternity was pretty much filled with conservative young men.
I did not think that Wake Forest was a “woke” university. When my son graduated from college in the 90s we had to sit through a terrible commencement speech by one of Clinton‘s cabinet members. What an outrage. These leftists think it’s all about them when it’s supposed to be about the graduates.
Wake Forest University was founded in 1834. I have a feeling that most of its alumni who took part in the Civil War did so on the side of the Confederacy.
Hyperpartisan “journalist.”
Actually - work is being done to hopefully restore all of those things, Scott.
He lives in an imaginary world - down is up, up is down.
Wake Forest, like Brown, like Texas, like Oregon, like Washington, like Illinois is a joke university.
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