Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses and that is where we come in.
Scott PelleyScience doesn't care, by and large, what the answers are. It's only interested in getting the right answer. And journalism should be very much that way.
Scott PelleyTwitter, Facebook and Reddit, thatโs not journalism. That's gossip. Journalism was invented as an antidote to gossip.
Scott Pelley