Beats Quote by Scott Pelley

The American people can always be trusted with the information.

— Scott Pelley

Journalists are getting big stories wrong, over and over again.

— Scott Pelley

I wonder at what point do you stop doing what you think is right and you start doing what the majority of the American…

— Scott Pelley

You have to take risks on policy. You can't be a politician, wringing your hands, worried about what the public opinion polls are saying…

— Scott Pelley

The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about…

— Scott Pelley

Never before in human history has more information been available to more people. But at the same time, never before in human history has…

— Scott Pelley

If I do an interview with [Holocaust survivor] Elie Wiesel, am I required as a journalist to find a Holocaust denier?

— Scott Pelley

That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.

— Scott Pelley

Never before in human history has more bad information been available to more people.

— Scott Pelley

Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is an insurance…

— Scott Pelley

I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.

— Scott Pelley

Not a lot of people watch cable news, they just don't.

— Scott Pelley