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FAKE NEWS: Pompous Pelley Trashes the Brass, Lauds '60 Minutes' for 'Independence'
Newsbusters ^ | April 28 2025 | Tim Graham

Posted on 04/28/2025 9:36:23 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper

No one is surprised when the 60 Minutes crew at CBS congratulates itself for being "independent" of the Trump White House. That's unsubtle code for "we hate his guts and want to ruin him." But the I-word sounds ridiculous when you think of 60 Minutes and Democrats.

Let's just focus on Scott Pelley's work just since Trump lost the 2020 election:

CBS's Pelley Butters Up Obama, Bemoans 'Mistake' Being Too Nice to Trump (November 2020)

State-Run TV: 60 Minutes Drools Over Biden in Syrupy Interview (September 2022)

Pelley Touts Merrick Garland's Nonpartisan Moderation, Holocaust Stories (October 2023)

'60 Minutes' Escorts Fumbling Biden, Slams Danger of 'Hard-Right Republicans' (October 2023)

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Good quote from later part of article: "CBS News defines the term "legends in their own minds." Pelley is clearly thinking of himself as in the line of Edward R. Murrow, "speaking truth to power," as Murrow intoned the fake news that there were no communist spies inside the U.S. government, that was crazy Joe McCarthy talk."

Lol, we certainly received hard evidence of that by about 1991.

1 posted on 04/28/2025 9:36:23 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper
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To: OttawaFreeper

“legends in their own minds.” mentally ill comes to mind


2 posted on 04/28/2025 9:38:43 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: OttawaFreeper

60 minutes has been propaganda for decades and I swallowed it up until Rush opened my eyes to the liberal media.

Much like SNL, just because it’s been on tv forever doesn’t mean it’s particularly trustworthy quality programing.


3 posted on 04/28/2025 9:41:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Who ?


4 posted on 04/28/2025 9:49:30 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: OttawaFreeper

60 Minutes has not been relevant since the early 1980s. These days, its just another Leftist rag of a publication reflexively parroting Democrat talking points. I’m surprised that we haven’t had a “Trump is Hitler” 60 Minutes segment yet.


5 posted on 04/28/2025 9:59:58 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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If 60 Minutes’ producer Bill Owens was heroic for resigning to protect honest journalism, what does it say that Pelley is staying on the payroll?

Pelly doesn't address that.

6 posted on 04/28/2025 10:03:16 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: OttawaFreeper

Shoring up the constant flow of propaganda. Making it credible is essential to its success.


7 posted on 04/28/2025 10:08:07 AM PDT by Spok
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I used to like watching Sunday Morning on CBS, as it had some nice and interesting Americana type features and stories, but it too is now so repulsive in its bias.


8 posted on 04/28/2025 10:19:01 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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LOL! What a complete pant load. Talking heads say what the bosses want. The people that believe the garbage Pelley is spewing are dying off in droves.


9 posted on 04/28/2025 10:43:29 AM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: ronnie raygun

LIARS IN THEIR OWN MINDS, AND OURS.

LIARS AND. CORRUPT MEDIA.

LEFT WING LIARS.


10 posted on 04/28/2025 11:21:37 AM PDT by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock-e et !!!)
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Owens has been propagandizing at CBS for 37 years. God forbid someone should be looking over his shoulder. Maybe he’s just an angry old white man that is ready to retire anyway.


11 posted on 04/28/2025 11:53:02 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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Pelley got fired from CBS Evening News because of his bias and terrible ratings. He’s probably next to be fired from 60 minutes.


12 posted on 04/28/2025 11:56:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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“Owens has been propagandizing at CBS for 37 years. God forbid someone should be looking over his shoulder.”

I had one up-close encounter with the 60 Minutes team in the 1990s. They got their story completely wrong. That would have been forgivable but for the fact they would not take responsibility when they were proven to be wrong.

60 Minutes was corrupt back then. I am almost sure it still is.

13 posted on 04/28/2025 12:19:16 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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Adding to their libeling, without evidence, of Trump, “...... Merger requires approval of Trump administration.” I hope his attorneys introduce this into the libel trial.


14 posted on 04/28/2025 12:54:01 PM PDT by sopo
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Agree, bringing this up is libel by inferring Trump is not dealing in good faith.


15 posted on 04/28/2025 12:55:14 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

But the innuendo clearly meets their standard, and their legal department’s standard of “objectivity.” Whereas I’m sure they decided the whole IRS Lois Lerner controversy was straight-shooting by the regulators.


16 posted on 04/28/2025 1:00:45 PM PDT by sopo
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To: OttawaFreeper

Since Leslie Stahl is 83, I guess the so-called correspondents would let the young fella of 67 speak for them.

60 Minutes is the Jurassic Park of Fake News.


17 posted on 04/28/2025 1:02:46 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: OttawaFreeper

Since Leslie Stahl is 83, I guess the so-called correspondents would let the young fella of 67 speak for them.

60 Minutes is the Jurassic Park of Fake News.


18 posted on 04/28/2025 1:02:47 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: OttawaFreeper

Yeah, I watched the last minute. had a cup out to catch all the salty tears.


19 posted on 04/28/2025 1:47:36 PM PDT by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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