Scott Pelley

Scott Cameron Pelley (born 28 July 1957) is an American television journalist and long-time correspondent for CBS.

Quotes

 * In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor and that is the danger we face today.
 * 11 May 2013 Speech at Quinnipiac University upon receiving the Fred Friendly journalism award.
 * Is terrorism the greatest threat to our country, or a recession? I suggest to you today that the quickest, most direct way to ruin a democracy is to poison the information.
 * 21 November 2016 Speech at Arizona State University upon receiving the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism award.


 * Making social media liable would mean Twitter, Facebook, even Wkipedia and Yelp couldn't exist as we know them
 * On 60-Minutes Why victims of internet lies want Section 230 repealed broadcast January 3, 2020


 * In what year will the human population grow too large for the Earth to sustain? The answer is about 1970, according to research by the . In 1970, the planet's 3 and a half billion people were . But on this New Year's Day, the population is 8 billion. Today, wild plants and animals are running out of places to live.
 * "Scientists say planet in midst of sixth mass extinction, Earth's wildlife running out of places to live", January 1, 2023.