From 1992 to 1995 Scott was a correspondent for "Dateline NBC". He served as the host of "A Current Affair" and eventually joined the Fox News Channel in 1996. He is an avid watcher of "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer". Scott was hosting "Fox News Live" during the September 11 attacks and was the first on-air reporter to suggest that the attacks may have been perpetrated by Osama Bin Laden. During May 1 and May 2, 2011, he served as the studio anchor for Fox News coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden.