“In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor and that is the danger we face today.”

—  Scott Pelley

11 May 2013 Speech at Quinnipiac University upon receiving the Fred Friendly journalism award. YouTube, CBS News anchor Scott Pelley: 'We're Getting the Big Stories Wrong Over and Over Again' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AyCD_lcl1Q,

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