The media needs to take a seat. It’s as if they want to be unemployed with their antics, which has driven millions to other information ecosystems for their information. Don’t whine that people are flocking to Joe Rogan, Theo Von, and others—you are the cause.
The call for being introspective was always a hollow promise since these people are copies of the Democratic Party base: they’re snobby, entitled, and think they’re way more important than they are. Remember when some felt they were like first responders? And yet, they always seem to find new ways to look like clowns. CBS News’ Scott Pelley’s commencement address at Wake Forest exposed how the media is still reeling from being ignored, mocked, and dismissed in the Trump era. Again, it's not without cause—these people lied about everything. And now, this screed (via NY Post):
🚨60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley has been receiving a TON of criticism for this commencement address he delivered at Wake Forest University.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 27, 2025
Critics have said that his anti-Trump rhetoric was "unhinged" and "angry."
Watch the full speech 👇 pic.twitter.com/oZoEYxXdRg
The CBS newscaster warned Wake Forest University’s graduating class on May 19 that “insidious fear” has infiltrated schools, businesses, and homes across the nation — leaving America in a state of “peril.”
“Your country needs you — the country that has given you so much is calling you, the class of 2025, your country needs you and it needs you today,” Pelley said during his grandiose sermon-like speech.
“This morning our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack, universities are under attack, freedom of speech is under attack and insidious fear is reaching throughout schools, our businesses, our homes and into our private thoughts,” he continued.
“The fear to speak in America. If our government is, in Lincoln’s phrase ‘of the people, by the people, for the people,’ then why are we afraid to speak? Ignorance works for power. Power can change the definition of the words we used to describe reality. This is an old playbook, my friends. There is nothing new in this.”
Our own Guy Benson and others had the perfect responses that obliterated this lecture:
60 Minutes recently ran a lengthy report gushing over Germany’s anti-free speech policies, in which prosecutors laughed about confiscating phones and levying fines over bad thoughts. The lengthy report featured ZERO dissenting voices. Not even one quote against censorship. https://t.co/It79lvqWIK
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) May 26, 2025
I read porn from public school library books to @ScottPelley, who listened with his glasses tucked between his lips.
— Tiffany Justice (@4TiffanyJustice) May 27, 2025
He edited out that part of the @60Minutes interview to make our concerns seem unfounded.
Scott is a liar and fraud. https://t.co/ZFKufkkZip
Hey Pelley, you filth. I have questions.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) May 27, 2025
What free speech are you referring to?
Is it the "Trump/Russia Collusion" hoax "free speech"?
Is it the J6 "insurrection" "free speech"?
Is it the "Joe Biden is more mentally sharp now than ever" "free speech"?
Is it the "Kamala is… https://t.co/x3tkpvmZZG
You people covered up Joe Biden’s declining health, peddled science fiction about COVID, and called everything that made Democrats look bad Russian disinformation. The show is over, Scott. You and your crew are no stalwarts of ‘speaking truth to power,’ a phrase that has been ruined. You people don’t do it; all you do is run interference for Democrats. Just admit it, and this little war, believe it or not, ends as everyone realizes there are two sides. They won’t because that would mean we had been right about the legacy press.
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