On Sunday, CBS Sunday Morning anchor Jane Pauley opened her show by fawning over her pal and fellow Democrat, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Pauley gushed that it “might be an understatement” when Forbes Magazine named Pelosi in their top 100 most powerful women in the world.
“This past week, Forbes Magazine named House Speaker Nancy Pelosi one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. That might be an understatement. Nancy Pelosi is our 52nd Speaker of the House, the first woman to hold the job and second in line to the presidency,” Pauley swooned like a starstruck teenager.
She never explained why this warranted the opening segment of CBS’s flagship Sunday morning news program despite there being much bigger and more important news, like the Biden administration leaving Marine Paul Whelan behind enemy lines in Russia while securing the release of an anti-American WNBA player.
Nevertheless, Pauley continued drooling over Pelosi: “in a few weeks, she steps back from that role while still representing the people of San Francisco in Congress.”
Previewing an interview with Pelosi’s youngest daughter Alexandra, Pauley announced: “John Dickerson takes a closer look at Madam Speaker through the eyes, actually the camera, of her daughter, documentary producer Alexandra Pelosi.”
Pauley then cut to a portion of the interview:
ALEXANDRA PELOSI: I started taking pictures.
JOHN DICKERSON: Alexandra Pelosi’s new documentary has a lot to say about her mother, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
PELOSI: You are impossible to crack.
DICKERSON: But she’s still struggling with the vicious attack on her father just a few weeks ago. How’s your dad doing now?
PELOSI: He is getting better every day. Thank you for asking. The scars are healing, I mean he looks like Frankenstein. But I think the emotional scars, I don’t know if those ever heal.
DICKERSON: Following in the footsteps of the Speaker who says you can’t ever get tired, ahead on Sunday Morning.
Why does this warrant the prestige of being in the opening segment? The answer is obvious. Pauley is a longtime Democrat Party activist disguised as a “journalist” and any chance she can get to fluff her fellow Democrats, she will take it.
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CBS’s Sunday Morning
12/11/2022
9:00:45 a.m. EastermJANE PAULEY: Good morning. I’m Jane Pauley. And this is Sunday Morning. This past week, Forbes Magazine named House Speaker Nancy Pelosi one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. That might be an understatement. Nancy Pelosi is our 52nd Speaker of the House, the first woman to hold the job and second in line to the presidency. In a few weeks, she steps back from that role while still representing the people of San Francisco in Congress. John Dickerson takes a closer look at Madam Speaker through the eyes, actually the camera, of her daughter, documentary producer Alexandra Pelosi.
ALEXANDRA PELOSI: I started taking pictures.
JOHN DICKERSON: Alexandra Pelosi’s new documentary has a lot to say about her mother, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
PELOSI: You are impossible to crack.
DICKERSON: But she’s still struggling with the vicious attack on her father just a few weeks ago. How’s your dad doing now?
PELOSI: He is getting better every day. Thank you for asking. The scars are healing, I mean he looks like Frankenstein. But I think the emotional scars, I don’t know if those ever heal.
DICKERSON: Following in the footsteps of the speaker who says you can’t ever get tired, ahead on Sunday Morning.
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