Before getting into a part of Leslie Stahl’s interview with Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene I thought it would be a good time for a reminder of the “60 Minutes” correspondent’s “journalism” cred.
When Stahl interviewed then-President Trump a month before the 2020 presidential election she was joining most of the rest of the mainstream media in pushing the “Hunter Biden’s laptop is Russian disinformation” spin. Stahl told Trump there was “no evidence” that it existed:
This exchange between Trump and Lesley Stahl is insane. She repeatedly insists the Biden laptops “can’t be verified” so reporters shouldn’t talk about it.
Trump asks her why it can’t be verified.
Her answer: “Because it can’t be verified.” pic.twitter.com/cf9hcSGnrm
— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) October 22, 2020
Hopefully the Bidens sent Stahl a nice floral arrangement for running cover like that. “It can’t be verified,” said one of the reporters who never even attempted to verify it because that would have helped Trump.
Stahl was back to flashing her Dem hack skills during the Taylor-Greene interview by singling out her “personal attacks”:
Lesley Stahl to @mtgreenee: "Can't you fight for what you believe in without all that name calling and without the personal attacks?"
Did Stahl ask that of Joe Biden after falsely calling half the country semi-fascists? pic.twitter.com/wv7sQ0uHlr
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) April 2, 2023
Has Stahl ever said a word about Biden’s divisive rhetoric and personal attacks? Biden has routinely basically said that half the country is human garbage and anti-American.
Leslie kept rolling her eyes and head… I wonder if she’s ever done that with Dem interviews
— marjie Rose (@marjieros) April 2, 2023
Has Leslie ever asked a Democrat the same question? Juz askin.
— Rich Wakeman (@wakeman_rich) April 2, 2023
Democrats get it a little easier:
Compare this hostile treatment of @mtgreenee by CBS's Lesley Stahl to how her colleague Jane Pauley drooled all over Fetterman this morning. pic.twitter.com/B9xQUxrjIu
— Kevin Tober (@KevinTober94) April 2, 2023
Fetterman’s chat with CBS was the softest of softball interviews.
On what planet are Democrats not engaging in personal insults? Cc @PolitiBunny https://t.co/COOZLX5um9
— (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) April 3, 2023
Maybe on Earth 2 where Hillary’s the president?
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