Truth worth telling, a reporter's search for meaning in the stories of our times, Scott Pelley
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Label
Truth worth telling, a reporter's search for meaning in the stories of our times, Scott Pelley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Truth worth telling
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1100791251
Responsibility statement
Scott Pelley
Sub title
a reporter's search for meaning in the stories of our times
Summary
A 60 Minutes correspondent and former anchor or CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley writes as a witness to events that changed the world. In moving, detailed prose, he stands with firefighters at the collapsing World Trade Center on 9/11, advances with American troops in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, and reveals private moments with presidents (and would-be presidents) he's known for decades
Table Of Contents
Gallantry: The FDNY -- Resolve: President Bush on 9/11 -- Field note: Meeting the late Don Hewitt in Botswana -- Selflessness: Paulette Schank -- Authenticity: Bruce Springsteen -- Devotion: David Hall -- Field note: Kremlin rules -- Audacity: Ben Bernanke -- Invincibility: Nadia Murad -- Field note: No moss gathers -- Gratitude: early lessons -- Field note: Do you believe in signs? -- Duty: lessons in war -- Field note: The last shuttle -- Vision: Elon Musk -- Objectivity: learning from unpleasant truth -- Field note: Eyes of the beholders -- Hubris: Trump volume Clinton -- Skepticism: a failure of government and journalism -- Field note: Stranger than fiction -- Perseverance: the mothers and fathers of Sandy Hook -- Deceit: the fabulous Mr. Clinton -- Courage: Bao Tong -- Field note: Hello, mom? -- Valor: Patrick Marc Rapicault -- Field note: The madman of Obock -- Arrogance: a cautionary tale -- Field note: Empathy -- To a young journalist -- Conclusion: How many stars in your flag?
Target audience
adult