Opinion: Why is ‘60 Minutes’ amplifying the views of Marjorie Taylor Greene?

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Last year, GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia speaking Holocaust balance at a white nationalist event organized by Nick Fuentes Republican leaders to condemn him.

Greene’s Twitter account last week temporarily suspended By Elon Musk Headed Platform on a Tweet A graphics that refers to the “Transgender Day of Revenge” as he condemned A planned transsexual rights rally.

And come on Tuesday, Greene Announced plans When former President Donald Trump is expected to be held on an indictment of more than 30 indictment in New York, their judgments against him “Witch hunt contrary to the constitution!”

However, on Sunday, Greene took part in the “60 minutes” of the CBS in the long -standing show interview introduced on Twitter by regiment: “Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, called MTG, is not afraid to share their views, no matter how intense they are and on your face. Between the images added to this tweet with “60 minutes”, Greene and Stahl contain Greene, which shows something on the wandering and Stahl on the phone while walking in the US capitol.

In the segment published on Sunday night, Stahl drew attention to Congress Member Despite the interpretations of “a sharp language” and “some quite radical landscapes” and “a party of the democrats pedophiles”, he was moved to the front row of GOP in two years. Stahl also claimed that Greene chasing a parking area, the school shooting salvation, still stolen 2020 elections and could not criticize Trump on spending. (The interview was performed before the news of the indictment.)

However, Stahl did not mention that Greene spoke at a white nationalist event a year ago, defended the congress member or anti -Muslim views and the rebels of January 6.

CBS’s criticism to raise Greene fast and justified Even before the program is published. Former GOP representative Adam Kinzinger from Illinois Tweet before: “Wow. 60 minutes.” (Kinzinger is a senior political commentator.)

Journalist Molly Jong-Fast also hit Tweet “60 minutes”: “Attention Currency and 60 minutes of currency is spending Jewish space lasers on women.” (Jong-Fast apparently Greene’s past claim A large California Forest Fire was initiated by a la Laser ından from the area controlled by a leading Jewish banking family.)

David Hogg, who survived the 2018 terrible school shoot at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland An activist Against weapon violence, answered“I look forward to your questions about why school shootings are fake and why he thinks he supports Qanon.”

Greene strengthened the conspiracy theory – Two years before being elected to the Congress – 17 living parking area shooting was staged. And in 2019, Greene appeared in a video that confronted Hogg and Capitol while defending laws to save lives from arms violence, and shouted that Teenager was “coward”. He also called Hogg as “#litlehites” on social media.

Greene’s Tweet Introducing the market segment was not full of typical “fake news” stains when he didn’t like the scope. On the contrary, Greene called on people to call the host stahl (and made the first name wrongly printed): “The legendary symbol was an honor to spend a few days with 60 minutes.” “Leslie is a pioneer for women in journalism.

Now, “60 minutes” More than 50 years What the show took partcontroversial“Guests. Among them 2000 interview with Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McveightThe 1995 terrorist attack was killed 168, including 19 children. The show interviewed Iran in 1979. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Maybe “60 minutes”, despise again and even protected January 6, 2021, the attack Plus wanted GOP to be the party of “Christian nationalism” – in the vein of the long list controversial Guests. (CBS did not respond to a request from CNN during publishing.)

However, he immediately remembers Greene’s choice as a guest. Comments During Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Trump’s nomination from CBS CEO Les Moonves may not be good for America, but very good for the CBS ”. Months Added“The money comes in and this is fun.… (T) It will be a very good year for us,” he said.

Moonves may have gone from CBS, but it seems that the mentality continues in “60 minutes .. And this may be good for “60 minutes ,, but not good for America.