mrs. betty bowers on the 60 minutes segment with mad marge that airs tonight

[orleans]

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Marge already sowing the seeds for the “It was Antifa dressed as us!!!” excuse for any violence she stirs up, just as she did Jan 6.

Well done, ⁦@60Minutes⁩, giving legitimacy to this dangerous liar.

[Bucky]

1. Dammit!!

From your subject line, I thought maybe 60 Minutes was doing a segment on Betty Bowers

[orleans]

23. that would be pretty interesting to watch!

as is, i can't decide if i want to watch the loon get a platform for 20 minutes or however long the segment is.

but chances are good i'll watch it. with a barf bag close by

[Just A Box Of Rain]

2. What makes anyone think that 60 Minutes is going to give Greene "legitimacy?"

I bet this will be a "take down" of epic proportions.

[Captain Zero]

4. It should be if they present straight forward

Just what this bitch is.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

7. Yeah, all they need to do is expose her for what she is, a raving loon.

That's what we could hope a free press would act in a liberal democracy.

[Arazi]

6. MTG is a chaos agent who thrives on grievance politics

A “take down” episode will have her even more riled up and gleeful than a sympathetic portrait.

She will make fundraising BANK off 60 Minutes smearing her. Just another example of the liberal MSM attacking conservatives etc etc

There’s no way this doesn’t enable Marge any which way it’s played. She gains “legitimacy” no matter what happens.

CBS should be ashamed. They’re literally a stooge in the destruction of our democracy by elevating this person

[Just A Box Of Rain]

8. My perspective could not be more different.

Exposing Greene's lunacy is precisely what responsible news organizations should do.

[Arazi]

10. I guess we'll know whose right tomorrow

I think Rs are committed to their crazy shitheads though and she ends up even more “successful” and “popular” than before

[MyOwnPeace]

12. With the state of "politics" now.....

I'm thinking that NO minds will be changed - that door closed when tRump rode down that elevator.....

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. Her followers are already lunatics. Only lunatics would

pay her any mind.

[Hotler]

3. Going to start normalizing fascism, getting us to warm up to a dictatorship. nt

[Just A Box Of Rain]

9. Precisely, which is why CBS is extremely unlikely to "normalize" Greene.

She's not normal. And I doubt there is anyone at CBS News who believes otherwise.

[Irish_Dem]

14. We shall see tonight if the media is going to be a fascist propaganda arm

or defend democracy.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

15. I wonder if we will see apologies being offered up here on DU?

[Irish_Dem]

16. DU is most certainly not wrong in their speculation Nothing to apologize for.

I was trained in the scientific method and there is little data to support that the US
media will do the right, honest thing here. And defend democracy.

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.
So DU's cynicism is data based.

In fact people would be quite foolish to give the US media much credit.
The media is one reason we are headed for fascism.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

17. I could not disagree more.

It's too often like visiting the Twilight Zone.

The program hasn't even been broadcast yet, but charges of fascist enabling have already been lobbed.

[Arazi]

18. Because showcasing these fascists, pro or con, enables them

They thrive on being persecuted and maligned.

#Traitor has locked up the nomination and reaped millions in fundraising and we don’t even know the charges yet.

Just the threat of persecution has elevated him even more.

Their base feels aggrieved on multiple levels. Showcasing Marge either affirms their grievances and/or elevates her national profile (both imo)

[Just A Box Of Rain]

20. No it does not.

Exposing them for the lunatics that they are to a mass audience is important.

CBS has a position to counter extremism, including the extremism that goes largely uncountered on social media, and I'm glad they are profiling Greene.

It is necessary. She's a threat to our republic.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Speculation is the basis of the scientific method.

All of the advances in science and technology start with speculation.
Any invention started with outlandish speculation met with public disdain.

Yes accused of being the twilight zone.

And this is a political discussion site. We are supposed to discuss things.
Past, present and future.

A discussion board which does not speculate about the future based on facts or
whimsey would be very dry and boring.

I have a PhD and could post on dry academic sites, which might be interesting
but certainly not much fun.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

21. Or we could wait a few hours and see how the story actually plays out.

But why not rush to judgement without having any of the facts?

[orleans]

24. so what's your take on the segment now that it's over? nt

[Just A Box Of Rain]

25. Living in Pacific time.

Don't get the East-coast feed.

[CrispyQ]

5. The media will help re-elect Trump if his campaign survives, even MSNBC.

Has 60 minutes scheduled an interview with Bernie Sanders to discuss his new book, "It's OK to be Angry about Capitalism," which came out in February. Oh, my bad. Of course they wouldn't give time to someone suggesting capitalism is rigged. TPTB can't have that. They'd much rather give time to a mean-spirited loon who peddles lies about the 2020 election.

Fuck you 60 Minutes.

[Cha]

11. TY & Mrs Betty Bowers!

[dalton99a]

13. Kick