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…
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!
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!