@gratefuldread
This guy hits on critical points. Amazing
#fascism #Trump #ChristoFascism #LesleyStahl #ProsperityGospel #60Minutes #MTG #AmericanGnosticGospel #Victimization #WhiteSupremacy #AshliBabbitt #GlobalFascism #Liberation

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"There is no excuse for being so utterly unprepared for an answer like that from a known purveyor of lies about everything from LGBTQ rights, to Black Lives Matter, to charging that a mass shooting in Highland Park was 'designed' to embarrass Republicans, to asserting that 'carbon is healthy for us; it keeps people alive,' to proclaiming that 'I don’t believe in evolution; I believe in God.'”

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #LesleyStahl #media
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"Stahl’s response [to Marjorie Taylor Greene] was unacceptable. She simply let Greene tell an outrageous lie without fact-checking her in real time. Where was the logical follow-up question: What evidence do you have for such a baldfaced lie? Can you cite even one statement by President Biden or any other Democrat that advocated 'sexualizing children?'”

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #LesleyStahl

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/mtg-lies-chinese-spy-balloon-is-back

'Calling this mere “name-calling,” as Stahl did, does not communicate what is so hateful about it. And it implies a lack of awareness of the slur’s role in a discourse of deliberate dehumanization of #trans people and those who minister to or validate gender dysphoria...' Greg Sargent nails #LesleyStahl's journalistic malpractice in her #MarjorieTaylorGreene interview.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/03/lesley-stahl-interview-marjorie-taylor-greene-pedophile-slur/

This interview was difficult to watch. Come on, Lesley.

#LesleyStahl #60Minutes

https://youtu.be/U0Atpt8B3sY

Marjorie Taylor Greene eats babies.

Or something.

I'm pretty sure I heard it on 60 Minutes.

#LesleyStahl #CBS

"I have known Lesley Stahl for more than 40 years, worked alongside her for many election weeks. She has been a great journalist, but this is a disgraceful, cringeworthy performance. Shameful to the max," tweeted Norman Ornstein, an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Another critic wrote, "Jon Stewart once wrote a parody of Larry King interviewing Hitler. This has the same vibe."..#LesleyStahl..#60Minutes..#MTG..#GOP..#whitenationalism..

#60Minutes went all in on that Sunday night, abasing itself to the idea that if Greene is powerful in a major #politicalparty, she is worth giving a respectful hearing without significant pushback. #LesleyStahl may have been a reporter, producer, and interviewer for longer than Greene has been alive, but she was not ready to handle this.
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/04/shame-60-minutes

It looks like last night's stunt was a ratings disaster for 60 MINUTES. Viewership down 70.87%, with only 300,000 people in the 18-49 demo.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/60-minutes-season-55-ratings-2022-23/amp/

#60minutes #ratings #lesleystahl #marjorietaylorgreene

#60Minutes and #LesleyStahl just gave a "masterclass in how not to interview someone on the far-right."
https://newrepublic.com/post/171563/60-minutes-majorie-taylor-greene-interview

Bottom line: Greene was allowed to plant a toxic lie that is dangerous propaganda in the public mind, while she went substantially unchallenged.

This was Greene's goal.

The media appear to have learned NOTHING at all from years of permitting Trump to use them in the very same way.

And in the case of what Greene said, actual human lives, vulnerable ones, are at stake as her lies about pedophiles, groomers, trans folks are planted.

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #LesleyStahl #normalization #media
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"And lies about Democrats’ supposed support of pedophilia have proven dangerous: In 2016, for example, an armed man traveled hundreds of miles to target a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant based on false claims that Democrats were abusing children there."

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #LesleyStahl #normalization #media
/3

"In spite of numerous medical associations backing gender-affirming care, Republicans nationwide have pushed false narratives about trans youth and sought to deny them health care. Care for trans youth more commonly involves non-surgical methods."

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #LesleyStahl #normalization #media
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Ron Dicker explains why it was so dangerous for Lesley Stahl to allow herself to be played by Marjorie Taylor Greene in which she planted the lie, on national airwaves, that Democrats are pedophiles — and why Stahl should have pushed back and moved the "conversation" to the factual level rather than rolling her eyes:

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #LesleyStahl #normalization #media
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lesley-stahl-marjorie-taylor-greene_n_642ab4fce4b0b2ba23232100

“60 Minutes” described the far-right congresswoman as having a “sharp tongue,” and possessing a “brazen gutsiness.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kx9wd/marjorie-taylor-greene-transphobic-lies
#MarjorieTaylorGreene #60minutes #anti-transhate #Gender #extremism #Politics #antisemitism #lesleystahl

"The reality is that the mainstream media is an extremely friendly place for conservatism. From the New York Times to CBS News to the Associated Press and Washington Post, the various flavors of conservatism have what amounts to an open-door invitation to spew."

~ Oliver Willis

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #media #LesleyStahl #normalization
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"The idea that one of America’s premiere news shows would conduct a soft focus profile of a person like that, rather than a hard-edged investigative piece, should be way out of bounds. But this behavior is well within bounds for the mainstream media over the last 30-plus years."

~ Oliver Willis

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #media #LesleyStahl #normalization
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"60 Minutes and Lesley Stahl were putty in the hands of Marjorie Taylor Greene and her in-progress makeover, and it was the most predictable thing in the world. Greene is a deranged person who spouts nonsense and conspiracy every time she opens her mouth."

~ Oliver Willis

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #media #LesleyStahl #normalization
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https://oliverwillis.substack.com/p/the-media-isnt-liberal-and-it-hasnt

#MarjorieThreeToes repeated her assertion on #60minutes that “Democrats are pedophiles”.

Where was pushback from #LesleyStahl that #GOP mega-donor #AntonLazzaro was just *convicted* of pedophile crimes. And #BananaRepublican representative from Pensacola, #Floriduh #MattGaetz is being investigated for it?!

Serious journalists don’t just roll their eyes 👀 at such moments.

@edwardchampion ⬆️

If #LesleyStahl had asked #MarjorieThreeToes questions about whether #MAGA is a cult, I would be interested in watching her interview on #60minutes.

I expect the subject of cults came up during the above-referenced Charles Manson interview. It’s been a long time, and I forget.