LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MAY 02: Scott Pelley attends CBS’ Fall Schedule Celebration at Paramount Studios on May 02, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Monica Schipper / Getty Images) Getty Images
Jun 7, 2025 8:36pm PT
CBS News’ Scott Pelley: Settlement With Trump Would be ‘Very Damaging’ to CBS and Paramount
Anchor sounds alarm during Anderson Cooper-hosted roundtable following CNN’s live airing of Broadway play ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
CBS News veteran Scott Pelley sounded the alarm about the possibility of Paramount Global reaching a settlement in the unprecedented lawsuit filed against CBS and “60 Minutes” last year by President Donald Trump.
Pelley took part Saturday night in an interview with CNN anchor and fellow “60 Minutes” correspondent Anderson Cooper that followed CNN’s live telecast of the Broadway play “Good Night, and Good Luck.” The play recounts the landmark moment in 1954 when CBS News legend Edward R. Murrow challenged the sleazy smear tactics of Sen. Joseph McCarthy at the height of the anti-Communist scare.
“The most important thing is to have the courage to speak, to not let fear permeate the country so that everyone suddenly becomes silent,” Pelley, who formerly held Murrow’s seat as a “CBS Evening News” anchor, said of the role that journalism plays in democracy.
