Re:Why Hasn't the Mainstream Media Pilloried 60 Mins for Spr...
by WarOnPrivacy on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:18PM
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I can't recall an instance in the last 30 years, where 60 Minutes was competent and valuable news show.
One particularly clear example is this 2013 interview with fmr NSA/CyberCom chief Keith Alexander, where Alexander is allowed to dispense one factually misleading response after another, in response to the endless softballs gently loosed in his general direction.
In my opinion, 60 Minutes is a poster child of federal authoritarian favoritism, regularly shown by news outlets. Poorly challenging a state official just serves to further contrast that.
One particularly clear example is this 2013 interview with fmr NSA/CyberCom chief Keith Alexander, where Alexander is allowed to dispense one factually misleading response after another, in response to the endless softballs gently loosed in his general direction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/business/media/when-60-mi...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/why-did...
In my opinion, 60 Minutes is a poster child of federal authoritarian favoritism, regularly shown by news outlets. Poorly challenging a state official just serves to further contrast that.