Scott Pelley on Bob Simon: He 'Had a Sharp Intolerance for Injustice'

“CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor, Scott Pelley, joined “CBS This Morning” in the wake of yesterday’s tragic news of the fatal car accident that killed legendary CBS corespondent, Bob Simon.

Simon was “a man of enormous courage,” in the words of his “60 Minutes” colleague and friend. Adding a bit of insight into where this courage was derived, Pelley explained that Simon had “a sharp intolerance for injustice” and had “equal opportunity rage for every injustice committed in every corner of this earth.”

Pelley recalled a specific moment in Simon’s career in which his colleague demonstrated this “equal opportunity rage.”

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