Student awarded CBS News scholarship explains why he called out network at event: ‘I had to do it’
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldSantiago Campos says he felt obligated to criticize the network’s direction, which ‘stains legacy of Mike Wallace’
Standing in front of the most powerful and well-known people in the television news business on Wednesday night, in a glitzy New York City ballroom, 18-year-old high school student Santiago Campos shocked – but also delighted – many in attendance when he called out the network that funded the scholarship he received: CBS News.
Campos, a graduating senior at the District of Columbia international school who had traveled to New York for the 47th annual news and documentary Emmy awards with his mother and teacher, was awarded the Mike Wallace memorial scholarship, honoring the legendary television interviewer. Campos was given the award by veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, who said: “Mike would see something of himself in this year’s recipient.”
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