CBS Scott Pelley: It Has Been a Busy Day for Presidential Statements Divorced from Reality

[CatWoman]

Scott Pelley kicked off tonight’s CBS Evening News with this pretty blunt assessment of the day’s news:

“President Trump told a U.S. military audience that there have been terrorist attacks that no one knows about because the media chooses not to report them. It has been a busy day for presidential statements divorced from reality.”

He also brought up Trump’s tweet that all negative polls are fake and recalled the president’s claim of millions of illegal votes.

Watch above, via CBS.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cbs-scott-pelley-it-has-been-a-busy-day-for-presidential-statements-divorced-from-reality/

[irisblue]

1. someone got Scott Pelley titanium ovaries this weekend

[Sunny05]

40. You said it!

And you said it well!

[hatrack]

2. CatWoman, to borrow a quote from you some years ago post-Olbermann rant . .

"I need a cigarette" - one of the finest, shortest DU posts extant.

[CatWoman]

13. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

the media is speaking louder and louder.

[calimary]

46. I remember that! A great moment! Both the Olbermann rant AND CatWoman's response!

Absolutely SUPERB! I almost needed a cigarette after what she said!

[manicraven]

3. I read you title and busted out laughing! Trump's such a sick joke!

HEY GOP, IMPEACH HIM ALREADY!

[rurallib]

4. WOW - Pelley actually did say that!

I am not dissing you, I just can't believe CBS would let something like that out

Turn, Turn Turn - too bad they couldn't have done this last year

[NBachers]

52. Yes - I read it on DBS yesterday, and since I live in California, I ran to turn on the news.

Pelley indicated it was a special West Coast edition of the news at 5:30 PST, and he still said those exact words. So this wasn't just a one-off, he said it more than once.

[avebury]

5. And that arrow hits the bullseye.

The MSM knows that all that comes out of the WH are lies. They may find out that people are more interested in good old fashioned reporting where the MSM relies upon sources and running down leads. They could take a page out of Reuters. Imagine if the WH held a press conference, new brief, whatever and no one showed up. The optics would be powerful.

[Cha]

6. All statements and tweets from trump are fake news.

start insult tweeting cbs now, blotus

[Skittles]

7. CATGAL!

WHERE YOU BEEN, WOMAN?

[CatWoman]

15. Hey Skittles!!!

Always good to see you

[KG]

49. my 2 fave DU hotties in 1 thread!

[CatWoman]

53. hey you!!!!!

[Skittles]

57. just for that, a heart for you!

yes INDEED

[KG]

58. !

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. A tiny violin for you.

I see you pick up on the important issues rather than the fact we have a mentally unfit President.

[diane in sf]

10. huh?!?!

[bettyellen]

12. So your saying Trump is telling the truth?

[bettyellen]

20. you are also pushing Project Veritas' accusations from

freeperville. Soros, eh?

And yeah- you're claiming the reporting about Trumps lies are somehow deceptive ? How?

[CatWoman]

17. I think you took a wrong turn, Hon

just sayin.............

[Denzil_DC]

21. Yes, it's really concerning. n/t

[Denzil_DC]

22. Dang.

Just when we were getting acquainted.

[Equinox Moon]

11. I saw that report. What a surprise to hear the truth on M$M.

Scott Pelley said, "Trump is either devoid of reality or making up fabrications."

- I clap for truth.

[ginnyinWI]

56. They have a regular feature called "Reality Check"

They have a graphic of a scowling Trump in front of a graphic of the white house, and proceed to debunk the day's falsehoods.

[dubyadiprecession]

14. Not a word of condolence yet, for the victims of Bowling Green ?????

[Equinox Moon]

16. "Are we going to be okay?" Scott Pelley responds:

November 9, 2016

[joshcryer]

29. He's great.

[Sunny05]

42. Thank you. nt

[TeamPooka]

19. Media might be waking up and smelling the fascist coffee. They will be out of jobs if this goes much

more
Armed military forces busting in to a studio and shooting anchors on air is not out of the realm of possibility here anymore.

[get the red out]

24. He was speaking to the military

When he said they don't cover terrorist attacks....

[TeamPooka]

26. and that they are lying scum. Gosh something should be done about that right?

slippery slopes all over this country right now

[VOX]

23. We must stand apart and never remember!

It's the least we can do for the unfallen.

[orangecrush]

25. Trump is...

[Tess49]

27. I saw that. Took me a while to pick my jaw up off the floor. It was a thing of beauty! n/t

[joshcryer]

28. Scott Pelley has been my go-to since they got rid of Sawyer on ABC.

He's a straight talker. When I saw this during the news I guffaw'd out loud.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

30. I saw that, and I was surprised to see that they're finally coming around.

Too bad this didn't happen eighteen months earlier.

[nikibatts]

31. OHHH. THAT!!!!

[elfin]

32. CBS is the best of MSM for me..

If I watch a morning show--it is Charlie Rose for a low key intro to the day, without raised voices or nastiness. Yes, some fluff, but a palate cleanser for the hard day to come ala Trump.

Evening, it is Scott Pelley and Public TV. Also, informed, without yelling.

Cable and the net to amp up my liberal vibes, if needed.

Yes, I am OLD. Shrill partisan agitation may truly be detrimental to my health.

I want the facts, as horrid as they are, and I want hosts to call them out, so I don't have to SCREAM them to the TV. ( Seeing this, Chris Mathews?)

[ginnyinWI]

45. that's what we watch

We have a Tivo, and first we watch CBS and follow up with PBS Newshour for more in depth coverage/interviews.

When Scott Pelley said that, we both laughed in delight!

But for the Sunday shows, I think Stephanopoulis on ABC is better than the guy on CBS Face the Nation, who guests seem to talk over and around without a challenge. I think it is at least partly a matter of the individual journalist. Still follow Dan Rather online!

[volstork]

33. Good to hear CBS sound off for a change.

You just know Cronkite would be shitting himself over our current situation.

[Thor_MN]

34. Divorced from Reality? *45 was never married to Reaity...

At best, he's groped Reality at time or two, but has never bothered to understand it.

[irisblue]

41. and reality slapped him back fast & hard when he tried to grope her.

[wildeyed]

35. Divorced from reality is probably the best way to describe what Trump does.

Calling it lying is hard because that indicates intent. Kellyanne Conway lies. Sean Spicer lies. Trump is completely divorced from reality and does not seem to know the difference between truth and things he made up in his own head. He needs to get help.

[gratuitous]

36. It took Nixon until 1973 to earn this kind of media contempt

President Trump has done it in two weeks. More winning, I suppose. I wonder if Trump's supporters have grown sick of winning, as he promised them?

[ALBliberal]

37. Sounds like the old Weekend Updates on SNL.... Lord help us! eom

[fishwax]

38. CatWoman! Nice to see you around these parts!

trump, though:

[CatWoman]

54. same here, Fish

[Generic Other]

39. And the moon landing never happened either

What a fluffer nutter he is!!



Welcome home, Cat! I hope you have your pink pussy hat on!

[CatWoman]

55. knitting as I speak!!

[IronLionZion]

43. I hope the number of people believing their lies is decreasing

I have that hope for humanity and the American people. Maybe it's wishful thinking

[Jim Beard]

44. Gosh Scott is getting old.

[suffragette]

47. Video here

https://m.

[logosoco]

48. So a trump supporter has to believe

that there HAVE been terrorist attacks that happened but no one reported on them and that the Sandy Hook school shooting did NOT happen, even though it WAS reported on.

You have to be a special kind of confused to be a trump supporter.

[Hekate]

50. Kickety

[underpants]

51. Wow in network news no less

Strangely the right wing has not attacked CBS much. They are screaming mad at NBC and ABC's Brian Ross but CBS seems to not be in their sites much. They will come out in force against Pelley.