Lesley Stahl says Trump and Pence insulted her and '60 Minutes'

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump on Thursday released video footage of the tense interviews he and Vice President Mike Pence had separately with “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl, including a particularly combative exchange in which Stahl accuses both men of having "insulted" her and the news program.

In Stahl’s interview with Pence, which took place after Trump cut short his earlier conversation with Stahl and would not film what was supposed to be a joint appearance, the correspondent scolds Pence for offering campaign talking points in response to her questions.

“This was not a rally. This was not just a campaign speech to the public. This was supposed to be an interview, and the same with the president,” she told Pence. “And I feel that you both have insulted ‘60 Minutes’ and me by not answering any of our questions and by giving set campaign speeches that we’ve heard both of you give at rallies and not answering our questions.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/22/trump-posts-60-minutes-interview-431218

[grumpyduck]

1. Call it the way it is!

[beachbumbob]

2. neither trump or pence can offer any substantive answer

[cstanleytech]

4. It is not that they cannot it is that they choose not to.

[beachbumbob]

13. With trump, it's a pure can not

[maxsolomon]

36. this i agree with

he's to lazy to do the work to learn the answer.

[GoneOffShore]

57. Lazy and possibly a bit thick.

[lastlib]

58. "And your wise men don't know how it feels.....

"...to be Thick as a Brick."--Jethro Tull

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. They cannot, and still appease their rabid base

[Cha]

16. No.. I bet they can't give any

"substantive answers".

All Lies.

[RainCaster]

26. They can only say what Putin tells them to

A complete puppet, each member of the GOP.

[yardwork]

3. Good for her.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. And the empty book was an insult to all Americans. . . . nt

[BKDem]

7. There has been shit-ton of blank paper coming out of this goddamn administration.

[Harker]

6. Sure.

She's a woman and a reporter.

"60 Minutes" is news oriented.

Insults and grandiosity are about all he does.

[mwooldri]

8. Donald Trump existence as POTUS...

...is certainly an insult to me. And millions of other people.

[yaesu]

9. And what did CBS expect? By the way, tRumps so called debate will do the same, just be a national

venue for him to lie his ass off & not answer any questions.

[House of Roberts]

10. So don't run the interviews.

i don't see this as complicated.

[volstork]

14. Agree.

If they were just spouting talking points, there's no point in running them.

[Captain Zero]

52. Since Trump campaign has already run them

Don't run them on 60 minutes.

[moonscape]

31. I think they should do the segment about how

the intent agreed upon by both parties were interviews, but neither would answer the questions and then go ahead and show clips and contentiousness. It would not make them look horrible, but illustrate their baseline horribleness.

[relayerbob]

11. They have no answers

and in Pence's case, no independent thinking process

[DinahMoeHum]

12. What did you expect, ma'am? They're BOTH misogynist PIGS. . .

. . .and they like it that way.

[niyad]

17. Sexism much, politico? Stahl "scolds" pence, dares to say the two morons insulted her and 60

Minutes, during "tense" exchanges.

Have I missed where you use such words to cover male reporters? Oh, wait, how many male reporters have dared directly challenge the traitor and his lap dog?

[maxsolomon]

37. that young Australian fellow did.

how many have been given the chance? if I were the WH press office, I'd keep him away from legitimate reporters for 4 years.

and that's what they've done.

[GopherGal]

46. Keeping him away from legitimate reporters for 4 years

means he doesn't have any "practice" at answering them. So, in a situation like the present, late in a trailing campaign, when he's forced to do it to get access to free airtime, he can't handle it. He just acts like a petulant brat who can't handle the fact that he's not getting obsequious gloves-off treatment like he got from the Faux Noise toadies for the last 4 years.

And on CBS's end, their self-justification for giving him a forum is likely that they're letting him show exactly what he is (see "petulant brat" above). At least, unlike 4 years ago, they're giving time to both candidates to answer challenging questions instead of airing his ridiculous rallies.

[LuvNewcastle]

39. I get how "scold" seems sexist here,

but what about "tense?" I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm genuinely curious.

[niyad]

43. "Tense", with the very subtle insinuation that she was responsible for the tension. Some of us pay

Very close attention to the subtle, and often not-so subtle, ways in which language is sexist. So commonplace that it often escapes conscious notice.

[CloudWatcher]

18. And yet ...

And yet the MSM continues to give them free air time to lie and cost even more lives.

[PatrickforO]

19. I just watched what Trump released in its entirety.

Oh, my God.

Leslie must have felt dirty after she was done, like she'd been wading through some kind of muck, and happy Trump left, because he is SUCH a sleazebag. She's the one I feel bad for, certainly, and Trump/Pence did insult her.

[LittleGirl]

21. He drummed the Fake News crap

Ad nauseom. He was rude and just talked and lied and lied some more.
I can’t believe I made it through the whole interview.
He’s got to go!

[LuvNewcastle]

40. He knows they have to interview him because it's

their job, so he treats them like shit just because he can. He's just like an asshole who chews out a waiter for getting his order wrong, or someone who has the staff of a hotel swarming around him, trying to please him, and then he stiffs them on the tip. Nothing but a piece of trash.

[yuiyoshida]

20. its because they have nothing to say .... they are

assholes.

[lagomorph777]

22. Wow - looks like she's earned some kind of journalism prize.

Looking forward to the CBS version of the show.

[LymphocyteLover]

23. LOL! SHE IS NOT TAKING THEIR BS AND GOOD FOR HER!

[MontanaMama]

24. Imagine if the MSM pushed back on MF45 and Putz

and company 4 years ago? What a shit show.

[Illumination]

25. "Some people create their own storms, then get upset when it rains"...

[birdographer]

27. Has anyone checked Pence for a power source?

He is so completely robotic with his constant sycophancy, his bizarre fake-looking hair and droning voice, are we completely sure he is human and has not been programmed to behave that way?

[TheCowsCameHome]

42. He tends to react better on the fly.

[nature-lover]

28. Using talking points means that they don't have to prepare or have facts. Easy.

[dchill]

30. Lazy and uber-dishonest.

[dchill]

29. Stahl has guts and more self-control than I could manage.

[vlyons]

32. They have nothing to offer but lies and BS

Form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.
Form is no other than emptiness, and emptiness is no other than form.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. Duh, Leslie. It's called misogyny and it's WAAAYYY

late in the game to start expecting a couple of grifting psychopaths to be well behaved, on topic or sincerely honest. Tell it to someone who cares, that is if can find someone in the so called "Presidential" Cabinet who really gives a damn.

[maxsolomon]

34. they won't give substantive answers because they CAN'T.

either they simply don't know the answer (Trump) or know the answer is indefensible (Pence).

I don't know that I, or 60 minutes, have ever heard Trump give a "substantive answer". He responds with slander or hyperbolic bullshit.

[iluvtennis]

35. Can't wait for the Blue Wave to wash these jackasses out of the White House. nt

[colorado_ufo]

38. Savannah woke them all up!

It's about time the media got courage and talked back about these useless campaign points that waste highly expensive air time and human time.

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. *Pow* Two turds with one stone. Way to go, Lesley!

[pandr32]

44. They're not interested in being interviewed

The whole point is to give a performance.
Everything Trump & co does is a performance. Trump doesn't ever actually work. It is all a stunt.

[Evolve Dammit]

45. Expecting any degree of normal interviewing or information is where the media just acts like chumps.

It's like Lucy and the football. Why do you actually think they will respond as normal elected officials? It is a crime syndicate with a mob boss and his funeral director associate at the top. Nothing to see here. You're fake. You're the puppet.. God, wake up folks

[warmfeet]

47. Swine were elected

and they consistently behave like pigs.

A correction may be in order. GOTV!

[napi21]

48. I'm glad an experienced interviewer finally told them both, effectively to eat s**t! I'm proud of

Leslie! It's about damn time!

[Sherman A1]

49. Well, color me shocked!

I would have never expected Donald Trump to insult anyone......

[onetexan]

50. Not a fan of Leslie Stahl but she's right. They tried to take advantage of the free air time since

the Con's campaign is broke to lie and spin and self-promote. Bad calculation. Leslie Stahle can be tough when she wants to be. Obviously she took a page from Savannah Guthrie and dared to challenge the Con.

[BobTheSubgenius]

51. I have absolutely ZERO problem with this, but...

...have you noticed how many people, especially prominent and ostensibly non-partisan, like Ms Stahl, feel so incredibly free to call out these hate mongers? In the past, journalists, among others, showed deference to the Office, and to the person inhabiting it. Not any more.

[maynard]

53. Used two hands to drink water

During a small break in the 60 minutes clip, he took a drink of water and used two hands to get the glass up to his mouth.

[Diraven]

54. Pence did the same in his debate

Completely ignoring the questions he's asked and regurgitating random talking points instead is kind of his schtick.

[Aussie105]

56. Parrot Pence learnt real good!

Pence is a Good Boy! /sarcasm

[Aussie105]

55. Both of them have a grab bag of answers

to any and all questions.

If the question doesn't have a ready made answer, or just doesn't computer in their brain, or maybe is threatening, then any answer is trotted out.
Making the noises seems to be important, actually answering the question isn't.

But living with someone - the wife - who always answers a question with another question, I've learnt my way around that.

Simple example:
Me: would you like a cup of coffee?
She: why, you having one?
or
She: I don't think there is enough milk is there?
or
She: Don't use that cheap coffee!
or
All three questions and directives.

Now its:
Me: I'm making myself a cup of coffee. I've checked, there is plenty of milk, and I'm going to use the good coffee. And yes, I will rinse your cup out first.
Would you like one too?

. . . and blow me down, sometimes I get a simple 'yes' or 'no' in response!