Scott Pelley
Autor de Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times
Obras de Scott Pelley
Remembering 9/11: 60 Minutes 1 copia
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- Pelley, Scott
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Truth Worth Telling por Scott Pelley
CBS News and 60 Minutes reporter Scott Pelley has written a book about is 40 plus years reporting national and world news. Each chapter functions like an essay. Among the topics are Watergate, first and second Gulf wars, the Oklahoma City bombing, and most everything that has everything else that has happened in the last 40 years. Pelley has discussed the need for an independent and free press. In our current time where we have a President who "fake news" this is a reminder we all need to hear.
For the past three plus years, we’ve heard over and over that the news media are the “enemy of the people.” I consider this charge to be among the most hideous, destructive, and untrue statements ever uttered by a president of the United States. Anyone who might be tempted to buy into this statement should read Scott Pelley’s book. He defines journalism at its best. He weaves journalism into the fabric of our democracy. “Enemy of the people”? Hardly. If you don’t have the time or desire to read Pelley’s book in its entirety, the next time you’re in a bookstore, grab a copy and read the last chapter. You owe it to yourself as a citizen of this country to do at least that.… (más)
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