Scott Pelley on '60 Minutes' 60 Minutes via YouTube Most of the honorees at USC Annenberg’s Walter Cronkite Awards, handed out on Friday, were recognized for holding Donald Trump’s administration to account or highlighting the challenges to American democracy. Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes, which found itself at the center of Skydance and Paramount‘s efforts to secure Trump administration approval of their merger, was honored for a segment from April, “Rule of Law,” that examined the Trump administration’s threats to major law firms, with many signing agreements to provide pro bono work. “We are all experiencing trouble getting people to appear on our broadcast because of the fear that has spread across the country and yet, given that limitation, we are still on the air telling stories, no matter how difficult it is for us to do our job in the way that we like to do it,” Pelley told the crowd at the National Press Club.
