The Associated Press Asks: Aren’t We All Scott Pelley?
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Scott Pelley speaks before an audience while promoting his book, in Winter Park, Fla., October 29, 2019.(Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
You can tell that the press is struggling to find a rationale to justify its instinct to rally around former CBS News anchor Scott Pelley. The Associated Press, for example, made a valiant but failed attempt.
“As if Scott Pelley’s years in a glamorous, globetrotting, seven-figure dream job weren’t enough, he’s pulled off one more thing to stir your envy,” the AP’s lead read, “a cutting takedown of his boss that went loudly public.”
That’s right. According to the AP’s carefully curated sources, telling your boss to take this job and shove it is the essence of the American dream. The outlet ...
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