The week in whoppers: Scott Pelley exposes his stunning arrogance, Jasmine Crockett’s sick take on Austin Metcalf and more

Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions

This excuse:

“I just didn’t connect the dots.” — Ex-“60 Minutes” star Scott Pelley, in a NY Times interview Sunday

We say: Pelley claims it never occurred to him that his vicious hostility toward his bosses and berating them in front of others risked getting him fired.

He can’t be that complete an idiot; the fathead clearly just figured he’s so amazing that he couldn’t be axed no matter what he said or did. The arrogance is beyond words.

This comment:

“Black women . . . live in fear and agony every single day. A fear and agony that . . . the Metcalfs probably never spent a day living that way.” — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), Tuesday

We say: The Metcalf family lost their 17-year-old son, Austin, in a horrific murder by now-19-year-old Karmelo Anthony.

Yet Crockett focuses on the hypothetical fears of imaginary black women.

She’s often accused of being brainless; now, as she prepares to leave office (hooray!), she’s proving herself utterly heartless as well.

These promises:

“[We’d] guarantee you your first job, help you get your first home . . . and make sure you can get through your first year of parenting.” — Congressional wannabe and Assemblyman Micah Lasher (D-Upper West Side), Monday

Assemblyman Micah Lasher (center) speaking at a candidate forum on April 15, 2026. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura

We say: First job, first home, first year of parenting . . . Why is Lasher limiting his campaign promises to just that?

After all, there’s surely no end to what Democrats can think up to do with other people’s tax dollars.

This assertion:

“If you believe that you’re never gonna get reparations . . . you don’t want to vote anymore.” — Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Sunday 

Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) speaking at the Netroots Nation political activist conference in Philadelphia on June 5, 2026. ZUMAPRESS.com

We say: What was Lee smoking? She actually suggested someone is denying blacks money they’re “owed” in a plot to “disenfranchise” them — because “if you believe that you’re never gonna get” them, “you tap out.”

The idea that blacks are “owed” reparations is severely flawed and failed even in Dem-dominated California, but her claim that they’d give up on voting without the payments is outright whacky. 

— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board