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Scott Pelley: D.C. Attack on Congressmen Was 'to Some Degree Self-Inflicted'
Newsbusters ^ | 06/18/2017 | Tom Blumer

Posted on 06/19/2017 3:42:26 AM PDT by DFG

Thursday evening, CBS's Scott Pelley, who officially ended his tenure as the network's Evening News anchor the following evening, told viewers that "It's time to ask whether the attack on the United States Congress Wednesday was foreseeable, predictable and, to some degree, self-inflicted."

It's clear from Pelley's subsequent commentary that his answers to all three elements are "Yes." It's equally clear from the examples he supplied as support that he sees (or wants viewers to see) the problem as predominantly about the conduct of those on the right.

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KEYWORDS: pelley; scalise
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To: Liz
i hope he remembers that when fake news urinalists state getting thinned out
41 posted on 06/19/2017 7:07:13 AM PDT by Chode (My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America-#45 DJT)
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To: DFG

To certain folks, drawing breath by someone who has an (R) next to their name is “provocation”. The mere existence of opposing views is too much for some to bear. That’s how far we’ve sunk, and that attitude is what will make CW2 inevitable unless it is abandoned.


42 posted on 06/19/2017 8:10:05 AM PDT by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: DFG

Sounds like Scott Pelley needs to have a try-out for the Spandau Ballet...


43 posted on 06/19/2017 8:32:01 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: N. Theknow

Last Friday last day!
He gone, unceremoniously.


44 posted on 06/19/2017 8:43:07 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Prosecute the win. Run up the score.)
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To: All

So if someone decides to “visit” Scott Pelley for his hateful rhetoric against Conservatives, will his wounds be to some degree self-inflicted?


45 posted on 06/19/2017 9:19:45 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Maverick68

Cernovich retweeted:

Washington Post Reporter Tweets Out Home Address Of Controversial Trump Supporter (Sheriff Clarke)

https://twitter.com/Cernovich


46 posted on 06/19/2017 9:21:18 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: Liz

These folks are evil...or plain old sociopaths...


47 posted on 06/19/2017 10:35:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (James Hodgkinson a Bernie Sanders true believer)kicks off Resistance Summer by shooting Republicans)
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To: Liz; null and void; KC_Lion; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; TWhiteBear; WildHighlander57; Velveeta; ...

Check out article, # 32 and # 46 .

Thanks, Liz.

48 posted on 06/19/2017 11:05:38 AM PDT by LucyT
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