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Hilarious tweet re 60 minutes (Original Post) gollygee Nov 2013 OP
. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #1
they are being eviscerated on Twitter...such as NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #2
I used to watch 60 minutes back in the day... chillfactor Nov 2013 #3
Actually, two apologies. One for telling stories that were false. The other for getting caught. libdem4life Nov 2013 #4
A few years ago the Right Wing acted as a unit to push a war based on lies,...and 60 Minutes,... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #5
Rec! progressoid Nov 2013 #6

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
2. they are being eviscerated on Twitter...such as
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 10:14 PM
Nov 2013

Eric Boehlert ?@EricBoehlert 2m
exaggeration to say 60 Mins 'correction' tonight was as big an embarrassment to CBS News as the Benghazi story itself?

LOLGOP ?@LOLGOP 3m
I'd like to apologize for watching 60 Minutes for a long time and trusting it.

West Wing Reports ?@WestWingReport 1m
Disappointed that @60Minutes, a program I have deeply respected for many years, barely mentioned the most serious error it has ever made

Liberal Librarian ?@Lib_Librarian 3m
Dear @60Minutes: hurricanes and typhoons "happen". You have to work at putting out a false story.

BWD ?@theonlyadult 3m
@60minutes scared to death of the right wing. It's heartbreaking to see how the might has fallen.

chillfactor

(7,575 posts)
3. I used to watch 60 minutes back in the day...
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 11:34 PM
Nov 2013

when they actually had JOURNALISTS reporting NEWS....they have since become nothing but another mouthpiece for the extreme right...disgusting!

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
5. A few years ago the Right Wing acted as a unit to push a war based on lies,...and 60 Minutes,...
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 12:52 AM
Nov 2013

....was more likely to do a special entitled "Are Democrats and Liberals traitors?" And they would claim it was unbiased because they let Lieberman on for the Democrats.

Contrary to popular opinion, the media doesn't suck up to whoever is in power.

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