Tagged: scott pelley

Late apology forces some networks to change their stories

It was 6:13 p.m. when White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer went on Wolf Blitzer’s show on CNN to apologize for his gaffe comparing Hitler to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Spicer had said Hitler did not stoop to the Assad’s level by using chemical weapons on his...

CBS is turning up the heat in fact checking Donald Trump

On Feb. 16, Scott Pelley opened the CBS Evening News by saying the length of the president’s fuse is 28 days. He went on to say that at a “hasty” news conference, Donald Trump used the skills that made his career: “bluster, bravado, exaggeration and a few...

CBS Claims Trump Is at the End of His Fuse

The Feb. 16 CBS Evening News characterization of President Trump’s whirlwind press conference was unique. “Today we learned the length of the president’s fuse—28 days.” –@ScottPelley weighs in on @POTUS’ press conference https://t.co/HOjG2HJ8AN pic.twitter.com/f1YzKmxhNW — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) February 16, 2017 “Today we learned the...