Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes gave a graduation speech at Wake Forest University in North Carolina this week that bashed Trump and Republicans, because of course he did.
His speech was full of gloom and doom, including lines like “in times like these” and “our country is in peril.”
This is one of those moments when a supposedly objective journalist reveals himself to be nothing more than a liberal hack, a Democrat party activist, and a liar.
NewsBusters has details:
Last Saturday, longtime CBS News anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley gave a commencement address at Wake Forest University that seethed with implicit hate for President Trump and the MAGA movement, telling graduates “freedom of speech,” “journalism,” “our sacred rule of law,” and “universities” are all “under attack” with “an insidious fear” permeating American “businesses,” “homes,” “school[s],” and even “private thoughts.”
Pelley encouraged graduates to rise up, comparing them to Unionists fighting the Confederacy, the Allies fighting the Nazis, and the civil rights movement standing up to segregationists. So, to make sure we’re all on the same page, Pelley believes Trump and tens of millions of supporters are akin to Confederates, Nazis, and segregationists (so the Ku Klux Klan)…
This led right into the first meltdown about America “need[ing] you” because the country has moved away from a mindset in which “[r]easonable people [can] differ about the life of our country” instead of “demonize” and “destroy.”
Here’s a clip:
Pompous CBS journalist Scott Pelley closed his commencement address at Wake Forest by telling graduates they “are the fierce defenders of democracy, the seekers of truth,” and “the vanguard against ignorance” that’s taken over the country (i.e. Trump).
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— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 23, 2025
Keep this in the back of your mind of anyone ever suggests that Pelley should moderate a political debate any time in the future. He has made his positions quite clear.
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