Does journalistic insistence on catapulting President Barack Obama into historic greatness and relevance know no bounds? CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley on Tuesday night insisted upon trumpeting Obama’s proposal, to spend $ 100 million to map the human brain, through the hagiographic maneuver of putting Obama into a trilogy with the triumphs of Thomas… Read more »
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Pelley Lectures Boehner: ‘Those Don’t Sound Like The Words of A Man Seeking…Compromise’
Scott Pelley chided House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday's CBS Evening News, indicating the Republican leader was largely to blame for the imminent sequester: "You said that the President didn't have the guts to do what needed to be done on the budget. Today, you said the Senate has to get off its ass. Those… Read more »
CBS’s Pelley Scolds Boehner as Impediment to Compromise with Obama, Frets ‘He Didn’t Seem Open to Change’
Previewing the State of the Union address, CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley repeatedly scolded Republican House Speaker John Boehner for daring to criticize President Barack Obama’s commitment to reducing the deficit. “There will be a great deal said about compromise and bi-partisanship, but in reality there seems to be very little mood for it,”… Read more »
Obama Talks Politics, Taxes And Gays In The Boy Scouts With CBS’ Scott Pelley In Super Bowl Interview
On Sunday, CBS’ Scott Pelley spoke to President Obama ahead of the Super Bowl. The pair discussed issues surrounding football as well as economic challenges facing his second term. Obama — who told The New Republic he’d have to think “long and hard” about letting a son play football — told Pelley that the recent… Read more »