Scott Pelley ‘drones on' about Trump in unhinged rant to college students
Comedian Alex Stein discusses Scott Pelley's unhinged Trump rant in a commencement speech at Wake Forest University.
'Scott Pelley spent the last four years covering up for Joe Biden, while Joe Biden was senile and had obvious cognitive disabilities,' Mr Stein told Sky News host James Morrow.
'He doesn't have free speech, he doesn't practice free speech.
'They don't want to hear some CNN anchor just drone on about the threat that Donald Trump imposes on the First Amendment give me a break, like anyone at CNN cares about free speech.'
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