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MAGA Loses Its Mind Over ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent’s Apparent Dig At Trump During Commencement Speech

Trump supporters are mad at 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley over a graduation address.

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Donald Trump has never had a particularly significant relationship with the network news divisions. Still, he’s been particularly at odds with CBS News and its flagship newsmagazine, 60 Minutes, ever since returning to office.

Trump last year filed an extremely frivolous lawsuit, accusing 60 Minutes of editing an interview with his election opponent, Kamala Harris, in a misleading way. Meanwhile, CBS’ parent company, Paramount, is reportedly under pressure to settle the lawsuit, with the implication that its merger with Skydance will not gain government approval unless the suit is settled. The show’s executive producer recently resigned amid the controversy.

Meanwhile, a top 60 Minutes correspondent recently angered some in the MAGA movement with a commencement address.

Longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, who had criticized the management of his own company on the air weeks earlier,  gave a commencement address last week at Wake Forest University, which did not mention Trump by name but was seen as taking shots at the president, while referencing Trump’s attacks on his show and news division.

“To move forward, we debate, not demonize; we discuss, not destroy. But in this moment, our sacred rule of law is under attack,” Pelley said in the address, which took place on May 19 but took some time to go viral. “Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack. And insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes, and into our private thoughts. The fear to speak, in America.”
Some Trump supporters were critical of Pelley’s address.

Photo courtesy of X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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