NYT’s Garcia-Navarro: ‘Scott Pelley Has Been an Icon of Journalism for Three Decades’

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GARCIA-NAVARRO: “I mean, you know, Scott Pelley has been an icon of journalism for three decades now, and he sits at the heart of what is an American journalistic institution, which is 60 Minutes. If you think about the longevity of 60 Minutes, how it has impacted journalism, the way we tell stories, but also, it is in everyone‘s living room on Sunday. He is a known quantity in a way that I think many other — in a way that few other journalists are. And so, this for him is, as he said, an existential moment. He loves 60 Minutes, as he said, with a devotion that is unrivaled. He also is incredibly worried about the institution of journalism writ large. And so, he really felt compelled to speak out and that was the substance of our discussion.”