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60 Minutes did an interview with anti-Semitic QAnon conspiracy theorist — and leading member of the House GOP caucus — Marjorie Taylor Greene last night. It turned into a classic case of platforming and bothsiding fascsm, because that’s what’s good for ratings:
During the segment filmed prior to Trump’s indictment, Stahl’s mostly softball interview discussed Greene’s rise in the Republican Party and what 60 Minutes described as her “America First, populist views,” including her assertion that Democrats are a party of “pedophiles.” She doubled-down on Sunday: “I would definitely say so they support grooming children,” she claimed, conflating Democrats’ support of trans rights to pedophilia.
“Democrats support, even Joe Biden, the president himself, supports children being sexualized and having transgender surgeries,” Greene said. “Sexualizing children is what pedophiles do to children.”
When Stahl ushered out a “wow” to Greene’s claim of Democrats being pedophiles, she asked if Greene can get her point across without name-calling. Greene said the same can be said from the other side. “They call me racist. They call me anti-Semitic, which is not true. I’m not calling anyone names. I’m calling out the truth basically,” she said.
The “without name-calling” bit reads like some sort of parody. No Lesley, it’s not actually possible to accuse your political opponents of running a (((glohal)) child rape conspiracy “without name-calling,” for exactly the same reason it’s impossible to call Greene an anti-Semitic QAnon conspiracy theorist “without name-calling.”
But there’s a difference between these two examples of name-calling. Can you figure out what it might be?
Leslie Moonves can appreciate a Donald Trump candidacy.
Not that the CBS executive chairman and CEO might vote for the Republican presidential frontrunner, but he likes the ad money Trump and his competitors are bringing to the network.
“It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS,” he said of the presidential race.
Moonves called the campaign for president a “circus” full of “bomb throwing,” and he hopes it continues. . .
“Man, who would have expected the ride we’re all having right now? … The money’s rolling in and this is fun,” he said.
Hollywood Reporter, February 29, 2016