60 Minutes Obeys in Advance

[SocialDemocrat61]

60 Minutes Obeys in Advance
By Marc Elias

My wife warned me not to watch. As usual, she was right.

Like many of you, I tuned in to watch Norah O’Donnell interview Donald Trump on “60 Minutes.” Over the span of 40 minutes, I sat in disbelief as Trump was asked a series of softball questions with little follow-up.

Having been featured on the broadcast, I knew the editing process would shorten answers, but in this case, it seemed calculated to make an incoherent old man appear clearer and more reasonable. I was certain they had removed all the moments when O’Donnell corrected Trump’s misstatements and lies.

I was wrong. When I read the full transcript of the interview, I realized there had been no pushback, no corrections, no challenging follow-ups. The entire interview had been an open-ended opportunity for Trump to tell rambling lies, only to have them cleaned up into a more polished product.

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-minutes-obeys-in-advance/

[Silent Type]

1. Need to rewatch interview and reread transcript if that's all you got out of yesterday, IMO.

[SocialDemocrat61]

2. Forgive Mr. Elias

for not being a corporate media apologist.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Challenging Marc Elias' bona fides is shocking isn't it.

Jeesh.

Mr Elias is a national hero and treasure.

[SocialDemocrat61]

4. Unfortunately

Some would rather defend the corporate media than support democrats.

[yellow dahlia]

6. Marc Elias is indeed a national treasure!

I haven't watched the whole thing. - only seen clips. But I hear he had meltdown that was left out of the 73 minute long version (which is available online), but appears in the official transcript which is available on CBS website.

[Irish_Dem]

7. The corporate media is the Trump propaganda arm.

Media is probably on the Russian payroll like the rest of the GOP.

[yellow dahlia]

9. Whether they are being controlled by Russia, or obeying in advance

to avoid the wrath of the sociopath - ultimately they are betraying the American people and the honor of the Fourth Estate.

[Irish_Dem]

10. yes they are traitors either way.

I believe Epstein and other sex/drug rings have been working
at the highest levels in the US banking, media, political, congress, judges,
entertainment arenas for decades. The code of silence is far reaching.

Putin is running a sex/drug ring too.
It may have been connected to Epstein.

[ananda]

13. This appears to be the key to the whole damm mess.

And.. we have been talking Putin kompromat on the GOP
since 2015.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Yes at least since then.

I don't know exactly when Putin started the program.
He has been ensnaring high level officials from democratic countries.
Officials from many fields.

For quite some time.

[ananda]

17. I think there was evidence that Trump was turned...

by the Russians before Putin, when they gave him the
name Krasnov and fixed it so he could get out of debt.

I'm sure the kompromat involves more that that, but
it's all pretty heavy.

[Irish_Dem]

19. Yes in 2008 Don Jr admitted the only loans they could get were from Russia.

1. In 2008, at a real estate conference, Donald Trump Jr. said:
"In terms of high-end product influx into the US, Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets; say in Dubai, and certainly with our project in SoHo and anywhere in New York. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia".

So we see that early the money was pouring in from Russia.
US banks were done with the Trump Crime Family.

2. Eric Trump's Alleged Comment
Golf writer James Dodson recounted a 2014 conversation with Eric Trump. According to Dodson, when asked how the family was funding golf course developments during the recession when U.S. banks were not lending, Eric Trump said: "We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia".
Eric later denied making the statement.

3. Then of course we have the coincidental fact that Trump's first and third wives were immigrants from Soviet bloc countries.

[ananda]

21. Excellent sourcing! Very helpful.

Thanks.

[AZJonnie]

23. Not that I necessarily trust Epstein as a source but he also told Michael Wolff that in the FL RE deal

that led to them falling out in 2002, that his thought on how Trump could've come up with the $40M at that time (because he was very deep in the hole at the time after string of business failures and nobody would loan him cash) was from the Russians. And sure enough a Russian bought the property off him around 2008 IIRC. For a ridiculously huge profit based on the market at the time, which was of course absolute shit. And Epstein was pissed that Trump 'stole' that property by out-bidding Epstein at auction, even though Epstein is the one that told him about it, asked him to just come along and see it as a friend who knows real estate and advice him, then snaked it from him.

This is why, when I think of the infamous birthday card came only a year earlier, I see it as very possible what it *really* was is an attempt at blackmail, because Epstein knew what he was up to, laundering Russian money. The card was a "you keep my secrets, I'll keep yours" type of thing. One thing Trump is actually good at is crime-ing. I don't think he would've made the mistake of sending that card if *he* was involved in Epstein's illegal things with minors. But he would blackmail somebody like that, to save his own ass, in a NY minute.

[yellow dahlia]

14. And how many times have the "follow the money" trails been thwarted?

[Irish_Dem]

22. Investigations into the rich and powerful are forbidden.

Even when they beat up and rape children.

You and I spit on the sidewalk we go to a detention camp to never be seen again.

[BannonsLiver]

18. Well, he's definitely not simping for Bari Weiss.

Cough cough.

[Laffy Kat]

5. I think "60 Minutes" is on its last leg.

It can no longer be taken seriously. Sad.

[Scrivener7]

8. And if we keep watching 60 minutes, we're accepting that.

[Cha]

11. Good Nazi A$$ist job, Norah O'Donnel, CBS,

& Paramount.

TY

[Torchlight]

12. There was a time when 60 Minutes had a spine.

Now it’s just staples holding the pages together. Even after they kicked Rather to the curb, I stayed a loyal viewer. But I think Sunday was my last episode. They went for the easy way out at the expense of journalism. Damned shame, I'm going to miss it.

[kimbutgar]

16. I watched 5 minutes and that was even disgusting and gross

So much that I injured sone if my brain cells !

[Harker]

20. If Trumpsky doesn't say that you're "nasty", you're not doing your job.