Student Criticizes CBS News Direction at News Emmys
A student scholarship winner used his acceptance speech at the News Emmys to criticize the recent direction of CBS News. He stated that the network's current path "stains the legacy of Mike Wallace."
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CBS student scholarship winner hits out network at News Emmys: ‘Recent direction stains legacy of Mike Wallace’
The student journalist also claims that ‘corporate elites’ are taking ‘hold over the very pipes through which our information flows’
By Owen Scott
Read full article →Student Scholarship Winner Calls Out CBS at News Emmys: ‘The Recent Direction of the Outlet Stains the Legacy of Mike Wallace’
Student journalist Santiago Campos, a senior from Washington, D.C.’s District of Columbia International School, wowed the News Emmys crowd on Wednesday night by taking on CBS News as he accepted this year’s Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship — named after the legendary CBS journo. As former CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley — who presented the […]
By Varietyschneider
Read full article →Student Journalist Speaks Out On CBS News’ Direction As He Receives Network-Funded Mike Wallace Scholarship At News Emmys
The upheaval at CBS News — and 60 Minutes in particular — was on display at the News & Documentary Emmys on Wednesday evening, with the winner of a journalism scholarship calling out the network’s recent direction as something that “stains” its legacy. Santiago Campos accepted the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship at the ceremony in […]
By Ted Johnson
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