When "60 Minutes" is in Trouble, We are All in Trouble

Scott Pelley's warning about political meddling in the storied news magazine program should alarm all Americans.

The firing of Scott Pelley from “60 Minutes,” the nation’s longest running television news magazine program, should be a “hair on fire” moment for all Americans. From his weekly perch as the show’s most visible correspondent, Pelley dutifully carried on the tradition of Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, and Edward R. Murrow in reporting the news without fear…