{"id":2403442,"date":"2025-02-17T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-scott-pelley-now-tvs-top-trump-hater-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:40:13","slug":"liberal-media-scream-scott-pelley-now-tvs-top-trump-hater-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-scott-pelley-now-tvs-top-trump-hater-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Media Scream: Scott Pelley, now TV\u2019s top Trump hater &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberal-media-scream-scott-pelley-now-tvs-top-trump-hater-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403442&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2062article discusses Scott Pelley, the host of CBS&#8217;s *60 Minutes*, who has emerged as one of \u200bthe most \u200cvocal \u2062critics of \u2063President Donald \u2062Trump within the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dan-bongino-on-the-future-of-parler-and-governments-role-in-tech\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bongino on the Future of Parler and Government\u2019s Role in Tech\">media landscape<\/a>. Pelley, known for his critical monologues, has intensified his attacks on trump and \u200chis management, notably questioning the qualifications \u2064of\u200b Trump&#8217;s cabinet picks and accusing him of acting against the Constitution. Despite Pellley&#8217;s sharp criticism, Trump&#8217;s policies and appointees \u200chave often proceeded without notable hindrance.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights \u200ba recent\u2064 *60 Minutes* segment where \u2063Pelley expressed concerns about Trump&#8217;s constitutional adherence and governance style, \u200cindicating\u2063 that \u2063many people fear\u2063 the\u200b implications\u200c of his administration&#8217;s actions.Former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios \u2063noted the potential for a constitutional \u200ccrisis if the administration disregards Supreme\u200b Court rulings.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, \u2063the piece also mentions that Pellley&#8217;s criticisms have garnered recognition from media watchdogs, awarding him\u200d a high &#8220;scream&#8221; rating \u2064for his passionate rhetoric against Trump. The discussion suggests a\u2063 growing divide between liberal media \u2064narratives and Trump&#8217;s administration, amidst a backdrop of escalating tensions in political discourse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal Media Scream: Scott Pelley, now TV&rsquo;s top Trump hater<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1965967\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>He has a lot of competition in the media, but few have as big a stage as <em>60 Minutes<\/em> elder Scott Pelley. As he continues to step up his attacks on President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and the new administration, Pelley is elbowing aside all others to emerge as Trump&rsquo;s loudest TV critic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Never a fan of Trump, Pelley has taken his <em>60 Minutes<\/em> perch at CBS to offer critical monologues of the president. People took notice even before Trump returned to the White House when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3232957\/team-trump-rips-scott-pelley-cabinet-attack-60-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pelley ripped<\/a> Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet picks, saying, &ldquo;Some nominees appear to have no compelling qualifications other than loyalty to Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, other than gnawing down his reading glasses, Pelley had no impact. All of Trump&rsquo;s picks to get a Senate floor vote won.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Sunday&rsquo;s show, he opened with another hit on Trump, saying the president was in &ldquo;defiance of the Constitution&rdquo; with his agenda. Again, there was no impact since a day later, a federal judge expressed skepticism about any harm the president&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Each week, <em>Secrets<\/em> teams with the Media Research Center to choose the loudest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3315800\/liberal-media-scream-pbs-airs-extreme-tds-starvation-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-claims-trump-is-using-democrat-attacks-on-social-security-and-medicare\/\" title=\"DeSantis claims ... is using &#039;Democrat attacks&#039; on Social Security and Medicare\">liberal media scream<\/a><\/a>, and Pelley won again this week. What&rsquo;s more, Media Research Center Vice President Brent Baker gave Pelley&rsquo;s rant a score of five out of five screams. That is a rare top score, but one we expect to see more of as the liberal media turns up the heat on Trump as it loses its influence on him and his White House.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"60 Minutes Joins Attack on Trump&rsquo;s Supposed &lsquo;Defiance of the Constitution&rsquo;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9_OLshGYRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">From the lead story on Sunday&rsquo;s <em>60 Minutes<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCOTT PELLEY:<\/strong> <em>It&rsquo;s too soon to tell how serious President Trump is in defiance of the Constitution. In his first 28 days, he signed an order to nullify birthright citizenship for some &mdash; a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. And he has closed agencies and frozen spending that Congress mandated by law. Lower courts are holding up many of the president&rsquo;s priorities, but nothing has risen to the Supreme Court, where these battles over presidential power could rewrite history. Presidents often push limits &mdash; FDR&rsquo;s New Deal, for example &mdash; and voters in this last election wanted change. But the scope and speed of Trump&rsquo;s reach for power may be unprecedented. One example is a 63-year-old agency created by Congress, codified in law and eviscerated by Trump in a matter of days.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>KRISTINA DRYE: <\/strong><em>People are really scared. I think that you know, 12 days ago, people knew where their next paycheck was coming from. They knew how they were going to pay for their kids&rsquo; daycare, their medical bills. And then, all gone overnight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PELLEY:<\/strong> <em>&ldquo;All gone, overnight,&rdquo; for Kristina Drye and Adam Dubard &mdash; fired this month in the chaotic shutdown of foreign aid distributed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. More than 8,000 USAID employees were sent home by the administration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ADAM DUBARD:<\/strong> <em>They&rsquo;re not looking for competency. They&rsquo;re not looking for &mdash; if you&rsquo;re good at your job. They&rsquo;re look<\/em>ing for pure loyalty tests, and if you don&rsquo;t give it, you will be punished&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PELLEY:<\/strong> <em>The world&rsquo;s richest man had cut off assistance to the world&rsquo;s poorest families. Musk spent nearly $250 million to get Trump and other Republicans elected. He collects billions in taxpayer dollars for his SpaceX rockets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANDREW NATSIOS, FORMER USAID ADMINISTRATOR:<\/strong> <em>I think we&rsquo;re creating a system that violates the separation of powers and the checks and balances that are intended in t<\/em>he Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PELLEY:<\/strong> <em>Republican Andrew Natsios, former head of USAID, spoke to us in Washington, in part because he is not hearing public appeals to reason from fellow Republicans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PELLEY TO NATSIOS:<\/strong> <em>How do you view this moment in history?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATSIOS:<\/strong> <em>I don&rsquo;t want to be too pessimistic. But it does appear we may be headed towards some sort of a constitutional crisis. I don&rsquo;t, I hope that doesn&rsquo;t happen. I pray it doesn&rsquo;t happen. But it&rsquo;s certainly concerning to me what&rsquo;s going on in this city right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PELLEY:<\/strong> <em>Is the constitutional order breaking down?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATSIOS:<\/strong> <em>We&rsquo;ll see if they refuse to enforce a court order by the Supreme Court. If it gets to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court rules against the administration on something and they refuse to enforce it, then we will have a constitutional crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PELLEY:<\/strong> <em>What happens then?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATSIOS<\/strong>: <em>Well, I don&rsquo;t know.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PELLEY:<\/strong> <em>No one knows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATSIOS:<\/strong> <em>No one knows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Baker<\/a>, the Steven P.J. Wood senior fellow, explained our pick: &ldquo;Another hit to whatever remnants are left of 60 Minutes as some sort of dispassionate news magazine which offers a fair and balanced look at complicated issues. Pelley not only matched the Trump Derangement Syndrome of the left, he doubled down on it, presuming the absolute worst motives behind President Trump while <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">taking cheap ideological shots<\/a> at Elon Musk. This is Exhibit A in why federal spending has never been cut since the end of World War II: The media go to war to discredit anyone who takes on the spending behemoth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rating:<\/span> <em><strong>Five<\/strong> out of <strong>five<\/strong> screams.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1965967\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1965967\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Pelley emerges as TV&#8217;s leading Trump critic on 60 Minutes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2403443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Petty-Trump-Scream-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32491,32490,45218,40034,32076],"class_list":["post-2403442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-liberal-media","tag-media-bias","tag-scott-pelley","tag-trump-criticism","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Petty-Trump-Scream-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403446,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403442\/revisions\/2403446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}