Why are mainstream news outlets giving a platform to Republicans who lie about the 2020 election?

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.vox.com/2021/2/22/22295243/steve-scalise-abc-this-week-jon-karl-2020-election-lies-trump

In the months since last November’s presidential election, a number of prominent Republicans have not only lied about Joe Biden’s victory being tainted by fraud but have repeatedly been given a platform to do so on national TV. This Week’s Sunday interview with Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) stood out as an example of why people think news networks should know better by now.

ABC’s flagship Sunday news talk show took heat on Friday when the show’s Twitter account announced that Sunday’s edition would feature an interview with Scalise, a Trump loyalist who has spread lies about the 2020 election and on January 6 voted against certifying Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.

And as it turned out, Scalise’s interview illustrated exactly why people thought booking him was a bad idea.

The interview ended with host Jon Karl (subbing for George Stephanopoulos) asking a question he probably should’ve led with, given how it reflects the extent to which Scalise is living in a make-believe world. Karl asked him to affirm that “Joe Biden won the election, he is the legitimate president of the United States, the election was not stolen, correct?”

Scalise’s response indicated he is in fact living in a world of unreality.

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[PSPS]

1. It's all about the click$ and the viewer$

Wait until next weekend when the real freak show & circus comes to town!

[Whiskeytide]

2. Perhaps because the producers at ABC know that, if they do, the ...

... people at VOX will have their eyes glued to the screen.

[lindysalsagal]

3. because we've all turned off the tv and their ratings tanked?

Guessing....

[Brush Bunny]

4. Let's add the fact that

Media is mostly owned by the same Corporate people who fill the coffers of the Rethug Party.

[GeorgeGist]

5. GREED.