CBS anchor Scott Pelley: ‘We Are Getting Big Stories Wrong, Over and Over Again’
“Our house is on fire.”
12:09 PM, May 11, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER
Our house is on fire,” said Pelley. The video of Pelley’s speech is courtesy of nowthisnews.com.
“These have been a bad few months for journalism,” he added. “We’re getting the big stories wrong, over and over again.”
The CBS newsreader was quick to take at least partial blame. “Let me take the first arrow: During our coverage of Newtown, I sat on my set and I reported that Nancy Lanza was a teacher at the school. And that her son had attacked her classroom. It’s a hell of a story, but it was dead wrong. Now, I was the managing editor, I made the decision to go ahead with that and I did, and that’s what I said, and I was absolutely wrong. So let me just take the first arrow here.”
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Welcome to the age of Twitter , where everybody thinks they are a journalist.
Sometimes they are spot on with a report and other times they are just passing on rumors and heresay. Even the seasoned vets can’t tell the difference anymore.
Th truth eventually comes out but due to the 24 hour news cycle and the need to get a scoop many organizations just look stupid getting there.