Pic Of The Moment: Next Week On 60 Minutes

[EarlG]

Giving Marjorie Taylor Greene a platform isn't good for America

MTG Uses '60 Minutes' Interview to Call Democrats Pedophiles

MTG Calls Dems a 'Party of Pedophiles' in Softball '60 Minutes' Interview

[FSogol]

1. K & R n/t

[Ray Bruns]

2. Now that got a chuckle 🤭

[IronLionZion]

3. The many arrests of Republicans is proof of this Deep State Qonspiracy

[Alexander Of Assyria]

4. Thanks to CBS for exposing themselves so clearly as to which side they are really on.

🙏 😊

[Archae]

5. Manson did do a TV interview.

With Tom Snyder.

[ImNotGod]

9. and ABC's Diane Sawyer in 94. nt

[AnotherMother4Peace]

26. Manson's most chilling & so chillingly trump like interview was w/Heidi Schulman (NBC 1987)

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/watch-now-charles-mansons-5-most-outrageous-tv-interviews

Watch Now: Charles Manson's 5 Most Outrageous TV Interviews

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3. TODAY WITH HEIDI SCHULMAN (1987)

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Among Charlie’s most volcanic declarations were these doozies:

“I’ve never killed anyone. Maybe I should have killed 400 or 500 people. Then I would have felt better. Then I should have felt like I really offered society something.”

“You know, if I wanted to kill somebody I’d take this book and beat you to death with it and wouldn’t feel a thing. It’d be just like walking to the drug store.”

“Believe me, if I started murdering people there’d be none of you left.”

Finally, upon parting, Manson turned to Schulman and said, “You know you’re about 10 pounds overweight, don’t you? I’m just telling you. That’s all. I’m just sayin’.”

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This interview still haunts me - so chilling, and so chillingly trump like.

[kacekwl]

52. The difference being is Manson

Was in prison at the time (where empty green should be among others) His name is synonymous with pure evil.

[iscooterliberally]

6. This is how I feel about TFG

He's the Manson of politics. I remember years ago when they interviewed Manson. I think it was in 1989. I was playing in bands and some of the musicians I knew were walking around quoting some the stupid crap that Manson said. I never understood the appeal. The guy just said whatever stupid crap popped into his head and some idiot would go around repeating it like it was cool. TFG and MTG have the same appeal, which is NONE. They all need to be sent packing. I hope MTG and TFG both go to prison for what they have done.

[Shermann]

70. Cult leaders tend to be prolific at tossing word salads

...and proudly serving them up like gourmet restaurant chefs.

It's all in the delivery.

[ImNotGod]

7. I remember the Diane Sawyer/ Manson interview back in '94, Manson would be perfect for republican

rep today they would welcome him with open arms, maybe put him on the crime committee.

[tenderfoot]

8. The Gaslighting! The Disrespect! What about OBJECTIVITY!!!

[hay rick]

10. LOL.

Leslie is still convinced there's a feel-good story in there someplace.

[Boomerproud]

11. Absolutely brutal but deserved.

[Traildogbob]

23. The "Wow"

Response nailed it. That is considered a MSM follow up.

[Upthevibe]

12. Kick. N/T

[MayReasonRule]

13. Dead On Point -------------- Literally.

[Lonestarblue]

14. Many years ago, I read Lesley Stahl's book (forgot its name) written after Reagan was diagnosed

with Alzheimer’s. She admitted that she saw Reagan often and knew before his second election campaign that he was not mentally all there, but she stayed silent. Essentially she knew that Nancy and top advisors would be running the government if he was re-elected, but she stayed silent. I lost a lot of respect for her after that, though it’s fair to say that the whole White House press pool also stayed silent even though most of them would have observed Reagan’s decline but decided that voters should not know that they were voting for a man who was developing serious cognitive issues to lead the free world.

[Farmer-Rick]

15. Yup, yup, yup

The current crop of corporate media reporters are all about helping the oligarchy keep their power and stolen loot.

So they hide their dirty little secrets for them.... without even being asked. And they publicize the propaganda in the name of fair and equitable journalism. Cons and manipulation.

[dchill]

16. IOKIYAR.

[hunter]

50. It was insane. I saw Reagan at a quick public appearance during his second term.

What I saw was a confused old man who didn't know where the hell he was or what he was doing there.

They pushed Reagan behind the podium and it was lights, camera, action! A bit of the old acting skills flickered to life and he managed to say a few lines. Then he was gone.

Astonished I went home and turned on the television news. Had anyone seen what I had seen? Nope. All they showed was the clip, and ha, ha, everything is wonderful and wasn't it great the President was visiting!

The newspaper reporting was no different.



I began to doubt myself, thinking yeah, it must be exhausting for an old guy to travel around like that on Air Force One and limos.

As it turned out, what I witnessed was reality.

Not that it mattered. Even before Reagan began to lose his marbles he'd sold his soul to the devil and enthusiastically embraced his greatest acting role as a fascist meat puppet.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

17. I think it was very valuable to expose Greene's lunacy to the American public on television's

most venerated news magazine.

That how one slows the rise of populist extremism in my estimation.

I'm grateful to Lesley Stahl and 60 Minutes for shining a light on Greene's extremism and her brazen dishonesty.

[NewHendoLib]

19. are you still at this? I think you stand alone here at DU for defending this.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

20. Far from alone.

[pwb]

56. Reviewing the post replies

it appears you are quit alone on this. Not necessarily wrong but Earl's the boss eh?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

61. Let's examine some of the things Lesley Stahl had to say in the interview

and a few word that MTG expressed as well. Shall we?

Here are some from Stahl:

Known for her sharp tongue and radical views…has a history of believing in conspiracy theories…Words that have been said about you: crazy, Q clown, looney tune, unhinged, moron, pretty ugly stuff…

People say you are Trump in high heel,..many consider MTG’s behavior outlandish, even thuggish…

That’s glib, that’s glib, what does that mean?…

Greene complains about the news media for harping on things she did in the past, like—as in this video [rolls tape] chasing after the survivor of the Parkland FL school shooting [then showing the evidence of Greene berating a shooting survivor]…

And things she’s says that are over-the top, like “the Democrats are the part of pedophiles"…They are NOT pedophiles! What would you day that?!…Wow! [roll-eyes]...

Shortly after she arrived in Washington the Democratic-led House outside her from her committees because of her past endorsement of violence against some Democrats and her embrace of Q-Anon [rolls tape as evidence]…

Did you ever apologize to Nancy Pelosi for the bullet to her head? [displays a “liked” Facebook post calling for Pelosi to be shot]…Did you apologize for your position on Parkland Florida [shows support for Facebook calling the shootings a “false flag” attack as Greene denies it]…

Here are some of the things you’ve said: That America should have a Christian government, that abortion should be banned nationally, that you want to defend the FBI? You want immigration to stop, you want 4 years, you’ve said those things, correct? MTG agrees]…The Constitution, the very first amendment, prohibits having a religion in government…

The latest nation poll shows her approval rating at just 29%.

And here are some words for Marjorie Taylor Greene's own mouth:

Margorie is crazy. Margorie is extreme. Margorie is a right-wing extremist…

They call me racist. They call me anti Semitic…

What made me run for Congress when [sic] I saw the Republicans in Congress, the House and the Senate, completely fail to deliver the agenda that we had all voted for…They failed us.. Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, yea, those types, Mitt Romney, I’m not even sure why he calls himself a Republican.

***

Not exactly an endorsement of Republican fascism. LOL

[pwb]

63. No. You shouldn't have taken so much time to reply.

I won't be convinced either way. Still not watching it. I don't like her.

[Cha]

77. I look at it this way.. the Admin

happens to feel about the Stahl interview of mtg like I do & Visa Versa.

[Lunabell]

65. Aw, leave rain alone.

They're fairly new here. With LOTS of hidden posts.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

33. Hey at least we know how much she can dead-lift!

Nothing about sharing a stage with a Holocaust denying white nationalist. But the weight room stuff was cool!

[niyad]

44. What colour is the sky in your world?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

53. Blue. Thanks to the efforts of Democrats to protect us from grotesque levels of air pollution.

In my youth, the air in Los Angeles was often orange-brown and ones windpipe would burn from simply breathing out of doors.

Thank goodness for progressive liberalism.

[orleans]

58. "wow" nt

[Spazito]

68. LOL

[Richard D]

18. Perfection in a meme (nt)

[TeamProg]

21. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[jmowreader]

22. With special guest interviewer Geraldo Rivera?

“Today we dig up Charles Manson to interview him on the current state of the Republican Party!”

And once they get him dug up…

“Mr. Manson, what is your opinion on the current Republican Party?”
“Those guys are crazier than I am!”

[BlackSkimmer]

24. Not big on memes, but this one is well done.

Rec.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. K&R

[AnotherMother4Peace]

27. Stahl once referred to MSNBC as a leftwing extreme news source during an interview.

No link. I was watching an interview she did and that statement just jumped out at me. It was probably about 2 years back.

[Cha]

71. What does that make Stahl after

this interview?

..what a tool, imo.

TY

[AnotherMother4Peace]

28. Maybe Stahl will join Lara Logan over at NewsMax. They have 60 Minutes & poor journalism in common

[KS Toronado]

29. I was disappointed

Lesley Stahl didn't go after mtg more aggressively.

[ancianita]

30. Contact info for 60 Minutes, if anyone wants to give direct feedback.

How do I contact 60 Minutes for a story?

Contact Information

ADDRESS: 60 Minutes. 524 West 57th St. New York, NY 10019.

EMAIL: [e-mail].

PHONE: [phone].

CBS HEADQUARTERS EXECUTIVES: 1-212-975-4321.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

34. Great, I should thank CBS for carrying on the fine tradition of Edward R Murrow and CBS News.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. That was tue when CBS took down Joe MCCarthy, and it is true today.

Kudos to CBS News.

[ancianita]

36. You forgot

the sarcasm emoji, right?

Seriously, there's enough good analysis here on other DU threads for anyone on this thread to launch a major criticism of why CBS and TV news should NEVER be normalizing the Freedom Caucus and the rest of Koch-bought GOP leaders.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

37. No sarcasm on my part.

MAGA extremism was not "normalized" in my estimation, rather it was exposed.

That's the precisely the same way that Joe McCarthy was taken down.

[ancianita]

39. Okay, then.

You saw it, right? And you think it did more to expose MTG than to normalize her?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

40. Absolutely. 100%.

I think Lesley Stahl and 60 Minutes did the nation a great service.

We would benefit from greater exposure of the populist extremist loons who are a threat to liberal democracy in this nation.

[Ms. Toad]

41. What was exposed

that isn't already extremely widely known about her?

The media already gives an enormous amont of exposure to Greene, and other popular extremist loons. Giving her a respected national platform so spread those extremist views helps normalize them.

[SunImp]

46. +1

[ancianita]

48. Think maybe we're talking about perception bias here? I'm just wondering.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

49. Known by whom?

Left-of-center political junkies or the types of everyday Americans who watch 60 Minutes and are likely unaware of the myriad examples of nuttery that Stahl exposed? And that was only scratching the surface. I wish Stahl had the full hour, which still wouldn't be enough time.

I don't think any aspect of the 60 Minutes profile "normalized" Greene. She came off very badly.

[Ms. Toad]

82. Badly to whom?

Anyone inclined to think badly of her already does. There absolutely no reason to give her a platform on a well-respected mainstream news show.

Remember all those people who wanted Trump to be candidate in 2016 because no one would actually vote for him? You seriously underestimate the stupidity of people inclined to like the likes of Trump or Greene. Treating her a person deserving of national attention definitely normalized her, now matter how she came off in your perception.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

83. Those who are inclined to think badly of Greene almost certainly do already,

even if they have a limited understanding how deep and how wide Greene's extremist behavior and crazy actions have been. Stahl's report may have added to these people knowledge of specifics, but few if any people who disliked her before seeing the program are likely to change any minds. That's absolutely true.

But there are many people in America who don't know what Greene is all about, and exposing her nuttery to a mass audience is vital. That you reference the "stupidity of people" should--I would think--lead you to embrace informing these people, so they are not sucked in to supporting this contemptible and dishonest bigot in the way some went for Trump. We've unfortunately been down that road.

Greene was not "platformed," instead her nuttery was exposed to scrutiny and she came off looking very bad.

What Greene "deserves" is close scrutiny. She is already gaining political power. She is not remotely "normal," and the 60 Minutes profile did not "normalize" her. It did the exact opposite.

60 Minutes is a well-respected mainstream news show because they put forward programs such as these. Americans trust them as a source and Lesley Stahl validated that trust.

This is an important work of journalism.

[Ms. Toad]

84. It was so bad she's already using it in ads she's running for herself.

You can expose someone and scrutinize them closely without giving them a national platform. Rather than dissuading anyone from supporting her, this fiasco simply amplified her message.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

85. Trump is fundraising off his indictment.

It's the same deal.

Should we fail to prosecute Trump for his crimes because, being the grifter that he is, he will attempt to enrich himself in the process? I think the obvious answer is no.

So not surprise that Greene pulls the same stunts. Lesley Stahl referred to Greene as "Trump in a dress," and that's pretty spot-on.

We can not be deterred from going after populist extremists who embrace violence because those people will try to fundraise off being exposed.

I disagree entirely that people won't be dissuaded from supporting her. The piece was very damning. The 60 Minutes audience is probably made up of the most persuadable cohort of people in this country. And these people tune into the show as a source they've trusted for a long time.

I think Stahl did an excellent job of laying out the case--as good as anyone could do in 13 minutes (which is really insufficient time) and we ought to be thankful for her service to liberal democracy.

[durablend]

31. I'm waiting for her exclusive with TFG

"Tell us about all the PAIN and SORROW and ANGUISH you've been going through"

[Mosby]

32. K and R.

[llashram]

35. excellent

the feel is all that and more with me

[Paladin]

38. Dead. Solid. PERFECT.

A thousand thanks, EarlG.

[llmart]

42. This is what passes for TV journalism these days.

It's also the reason I don't pay for TV.

[Cha]

72. Yeah, apparently that's what passes

for a few.

Not for me, either.

[SunImp]

43. Uh oh, some special princesses out there are probably extremely disappointed in you now for having a

different opinion on this. I doubt that they are brave enough to give you one of their obnoxious scoldings though

[niyad]

45. you nearly owed me a keyboard.

[dalton99a]

47. Kick

[MustLoveBeagles]

51. Nailed it

[yonder]

54. Well done Earl G. That perfectly highlights CBS' decision.

[bucolic_frolic]

55. Has 60 Minutes destroyed itself? They earned every lampoon with the MTG piece.

[FakeNoose]

69. Agree 100% - Mike Wallace turned over in his grave yesterday

It was pathetic and I'm sorry to say that I DVR their show every Sunday. I think this is the end for me.

[twodogsbarking]

57. I would never use Manson in a humor piece.

[Scrivener7]

60. I would never give empty green a platform bigger than the one she already has.

To each their own.

I thought the OP was great.

[Cha]

73. It's not funny.. it's exposing Stahl.

[Initech]

59. Marjorie Greene represents the worst of us.

[Permanut]

62. Once in a while, satire is done perfectly..

EarlG has created one here.

[yardwork]

64. Perfect!

[Dorn]

66. All broadcast news ended when the Fairness Doctrine ended

'News' now is click bait as is most of the internet -- get eyes, get clicks, and get ad revenue.

[Cha]

67. Thank You!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

74. CBS has joined Fox -- off my tv.

[czarjak]

75. "Hitler wad ONLY lowering the karma level of the Jews."

Of course?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

76. lol

[RainCaster]

78. Excellent, EarlG!

I loved it. No "sarcasm" tag needed.

[SouthernDem4ever]

79. 60 mins doesn't usually do such a huge disservice to our country

I guess leslie has drunk the "set a new precedent" kool-aid. There is a great job waiting for her at Fux Nooze.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

80. K&R. Put this on a billboard on the DC Beltway.

KY......

[usonian]

81. KEEP 'EM COMING!

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[dalton99a]

86. +1

German postcard, ca. 1936 (Bavarian State Library)

[Aussie105]

87. If you have never seen MTG in action before,

then the interview may be an eye opener, like 'Wow, this lady is a bit of a nut case!'

That is the good part of it.

If you have seen her brand of extremism before, like we all here have, you might resent the free exposure she got, you might even think she was normalised to a certain extent.

Good or bad, depends on your perspective.

I still think 60 minutes should have recorded it but not aired it.