[TV orNotTV] Scott Pelley Spanks Himself (and Others)

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Accepting the Fred Friendly First Amendment Award, one of the best current TV journalists makes some on-the-nose, harsh, if obvious criticisms of his profession:

http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-anchor-pelley-journalisms-house-fire-195955949.html

"This has been a bad few months for journalism...We're getting the big stories wrong over and over again."

He didn't exempt himself, noting that during early reporting of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre last December he mistakenly reported that shooter Adam Lanza's mother was a teacher in the school.

"In a world where everybody is a publisher, no one is an editor, and we've arrived at the point today."

Twitter, Facebook and Reddit are "not journalism," he said. "That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip."

"If you're first, no one will ever remember. If you're wrong, no one will ever forget."