Just watched the MTG interview on 60 Minutes. I believe Lesley Stahl did a terrific job: she was well-prepared, conducted fair and balanced questioning (as much as I dislike MTG, I believe a true journalist does not attack the person interviewed but elicits responses that elucidate in their own terms), and held her cool while holding MTG…
Just watched the MTG interview on 60 Minutes. I believe Lesley Stahl did a terrific job: she was well-prepared, conducted fair and balanced questioning (as much as I dislike MTG, I believe a true journalist does not attack the person interviewed but elicits responses that elucidate in their own terms), and held her cool while holding MTG accountable for her aberrant actions and absurd accusations. The interview lived up to Stahl’s and 60 Minutes’ high journalistic standards.
Sorry. There can be NO fair and balanced with an elected representative who calls on their cult of armed extremists to kill their political opponents. It is extremely distressing to me that good people here don’t “get” that simple premise. It’s no different than tffg guy saying there were good people on both sides in Charlottesville. MTG is an abomination, too sick to have such a powerful position, and good, humane people should not normalize her. I’m sorry, but it’s just shocking to me that this is not a shared point of view and I feel it’s so important that I have to speak up. There are not 2 sides to this. One is violence and death of innocent people. It cannot be normalized.
I understand other people's POV in feeling MTG should be held to account by a competent network journalist, who's not a Faux mouthpiece, to expose her outrageous ideas. As much as I get that, I have to side with you, Christy.
60 minutes is one of, if not the most, venerated TV news programs in our country. Appearance on it is often seen as validation of a person's ideas and acknowledgement of them as a tastemaker, power broker, rightful policy maker or all of the above. Tonight's interview subject has shown herself to be unsophisticated, not just in speech or manners, but in matters of reason or intellect. This appearance will be seen by her and spun by her camp as confirmation of her savvy, smarts and awesome power, both in her party and in the HoR. Many of the more uncritical thinkers who support her will see it the same way. The same reasons that no POTUS, until 45, met with N. Korea's leader, because it would signify an equality between our President and a despot, is the same way respected journalists can't invite crackpots onto their primetime news programs to give them the air of respectability.
TFG used his Time MOTY cover as vindication of his greatness. No matter how Time editors and staff writers tried, he refused to grasp that the selected person can be chosen for worldwide impact from doing the most bad, as well as good. This Rep. will view this the same way. Her and her cohorts will spin it as the moment 'the lamestream mediuhh' discovered what a braintrust she is. Mark my words, slo-mo, audio-free clips of her and Leslie Stahl, faced off in interview chairs, are being cut into reelection propaganda by her people as we post comments.
Thank you Cathy for articulating that so well ❤️. I see it as an endorsement for fascism and a promotion of violence by 60 minutes, a show I once had significant respect for.
Thank you for appreciating my response. I meant to mention Greene's past calls for violence and public support of fascism too in my response to you and forgot, so thank you for noting that.
For reasons we've stated, and so many more, I refuse to watch or patronize any of it. Not real time, not a replay, no excerpts and no online clips. News coverage now is driven by observed engagement and ad sales from it. What signal are we sending if we all, even with good intentions, tune in en masse to watch a piece on a nut job? Ratings and clicks don't identify between curiosity or overt support. They're only raw data showing interest and I won't add my activity to it if I can help it. I'd rather drive up the click count on stories about Orange Julius answering to NYC, GA & DOJ for crimes.
P.S. Not Cathy, just C. It's for cookie and for now, good enough for me.
😳 sorry about the “Cathy”! Apparently my brain is getting senile. (Perhaps because I had a coworker with that name 🤷🏻♀️) Thank you Cookie ❤️Warmest regards!
Just to keep the comments “fair and balanced”, I’m sharing this spout by Dr. Joanne Freeman, Heather’s respected co-host of Now and Then.
Joanne Freeman
@jbf1755
Agreed.
The interview advertised & normalized a blatantly anti-democratic movement during a political crisis.
And it defused its usefulness. There could have been questions re: assertions & generalizations, & clear explanations of what those "in your face" claims truly mean--to MTG & more broadly
Dan Wentzel
@DanWentzel
60 Minutes crossed a unforgivable line with its softball interview of Marjorie Taylor Greene. The need by many in the corporate media to try and normalize fascism in the Republican Party because they cannot come to terms with its fundamental threat to American democracy is a danger to all of us.
Just watched the MTG interview on 60 Minutes. I believe Lesley Stahl did a terrific job: she was well-prepared, conducted fair and balanced questioning (as much as I dislike MTG, I believe a true journalist does not attack the person interviewed but elicits responses that elucidate in their own terms), and held her cool while holding MTG accountable for her aberrant actions and absurd accusations. The interview lived up to Stahl’s and 60 Minutes’ high journalistic standards.
Rose, I watched it, and your review was right on the money.
Thanks, Rose, for your own good review of the broadcast. I'll be watching it soon.
Sorry. There can be NO fair and balanced with an elected representative who calls on their cult of armed extremists to kill their political opponents. It is extremely distressing to me that good people here don’t “get” that simple premise. It’s no different than tffg guy saying there were good people on both sides in Charlottesville. MTG is an abomination, too sick to have such a powerful position, and good, humane people should not normalize her. I’m sorry, but it’s just shocking to me that this is not a shared point of view and I feel it’s so important that I have to speak up. There are not 2 sides to this. One is violence and death of innocent people. It cannot be normalized.
I understand other people's POV in feeling MTG should be held to account by a competent network journalist, who's not a Faux mouthpiece, to expose her outrageous ideas. As much as I get that, I have to side with you, Christy.
60 minutes is one of, if not the most, venerated TV news programs in our country. Appearance on it is often seen as validation of a person's ideas and acknowledgement of them as a tastemaker, power broker, rightful policy maker or all of the above. Tonight's interview subject has shown herself to be unsophisticated, not just in speech or manners, but in matters of reason or intellect. This appearance will be seen by her and spun by her camp as confirmation of her savvy, smarts and awesome power, both in her party and in the HoR. Many of the more uncritical thinkers who support her will see it the same way. The same reasons that no POTUS, until 45, met with N. Korea's leader, because it would signify an equality between our President and a despot, is the same way respected journalists can't invite crackpots onto their primetime news programs to give them the air of respectability.
TFG used his Time MOTY cover as vindication of his greatness. No matter how Time editors and staff writers tried, he refused to grasp that the selected person can be chosen for worldwide impact from doing the most bad, as well as good. This Rep. will view this the same way. Her and her cohorts will spin it as the moment 'the lamestream mediuhh' discovered what a braintrust she is. Mark my words, slo-mo, audio-free clips of her and Leslie Stahl, faced off in interview chairs, are being cut into reelection propaganda by her people as we post comments.
Thank you Cathy for articulating that so well ❤️. I see it as an endorsement for fascism and a promotion of violence by 60 minutes, a show I once had significant respect for.
Thank you for appreciating my response. I meant to mention Greene's past calls for violence and public support of fascism too in my response to you and forgot, so thank you for noting that.
For reasons we've stated, and so many more, I refuse to watch or patronize any of it. Not real time, not a replay, no excerpts and no online clips. News coverage now is driven by observed engagement and ad sales from it. What signal are we sending if we all, even with good intentions, tune in en masse to watch a piece on a nut job? Ratings and clicks don't identify between curiosity or overt support. They're only raw data showing interest and I won't add my activity to it if I can help it. I'd rather drive up the click count on stories about Orange Julius answering to NYC, GA & DOJ for crimes.
P.S. Not Cathy, just C. It's for cookie and for now, good enough for me.
😳 sorry about the “Cathy”! Apparently my brain is getting senile. (Perhaps because I had a coworker with that name 🤷🏻♀️) Thank you Cookie ❤️Warmest regards!
Just to keep the comments “fair and balanced”, I’m sharing this spout by Dr. Joanne Freeman, Heather’s respected co-host of Now and Then.
Joanne Freeman
@jbf1755
Agreed.
The interview advertised & normalized a blatantly anti-democratic movement during a political crisis.
And it defused its usefulness. There could have been questions re: assertions & generalizations, & clear explanations of what those "in your face" claims truly mean--to MTG & more broadly
Dan Wentzel
@DanWentzel
60 Minutes crossed a unforgivable line with its softball interview of Marjorie Taylor Greene. The need by many in the corporate media to try and normalize fascism in the Republican Party because they cannot come to terms with its fundamental threat to American democracy is a danger to all of us.
01:11 AM - Apr 03, 2023