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In reply to the discussion: No Question Now. '60 Minutes' is Deliberate Right-Wing Propaganda. [View all]markpkessinger
(8,395 posts)9. Here is the text of a comment I posted to 60 Minutes' website . . .
. . . after watching this shameful segment:
markpkessinger [font color-"gray"]49 minutes ago[/font]
I gather the producers of 60 Minutes felt the Benghazi report fiasco hadn't done enough damage to the program's journalistic credibility, so they decided to air this outrageously uncritical, blatantly pro-NSA propaganda puff piece. The NSA personnel who appeared in the report all have a vested interest in protecting what the NSA sees as (and many Americans disagree is) its rightful turf.
The bit about the alleged 'BIOS plot' was particularly telling. 60 Minutes allowed an NSA spokesperson to claim that this plot was hatched by a state actor, which she declined to identify, that had the intent to turn computers across the U.S. "into a brick" (to quote the very loaded term used by 60 Minutes) and thereby crash the U.S. economy. Then, in a slick, journalistic sleight-of-hand, the report provided hearsay statements by unidentified NSA analysts that the state actor in question was China, which the agency refuses to confirm or deny. I'm not buying it for a second. The government of China has absolutely nothing to gain, and a great deal to lose, by crashing the U.S. economy. This segment didn't pass the smell test of someone with a raging sinus infection!
I gather the producers of 60 Minutes felt the Benghazi report fiasco hadn't done enough damage to the program's journalistic credibility, so they decided to air this outrageously uncritical, blatantly pro-NSA propaganda puff piece. The NSA personnel who appeared in the report all have a vested interest in protecting what the NSA sees as (and many Americans disagree is) its rightful turf.
The bit about the alleged 'BIOS plot' was particularly telling. 60 Minutes allowed an NSA spokesperson to claim that this plot was hatched by a state actor, which she declined to identify, that had the intent to turn computers across the U.S. "into a brick" (to quote the very loaded term used by 60 Minutes) and thereby crash the U.S. economy. Then, in a slick, journalistic sleight-of-hand, the report provided hearsay statements by unidentified NSA analysts that the state actor in question was China, which the agency refuses to confirm or deny. I'm not buying it for a second. The government of China has absolutely nothing to gain, and a great deal to lose, by crashing the U.S. economy. This segment didn't pass the smell test of someone with a raging sinus infection!
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So if someone criticizes a liar who stole what he was entrusted to keep because he put himself above
Vietnameravet
Dec 2013
#2
Making it about Snowden is a way of deflecting attention from the real problem.
Maedhros
Dec 2013
#87
"Believe it or not, '60 Minutes' once stood for solid, deep, important journalism"
countryjake
Dec 2013
#7
"Miller was Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Transformation and Tech"
progressoid
Dec 2013
#65
I have not been a fan of Snowden, but I agree that "60 Minutes" is no longer journalism
DontTreadOnMe
Dec 2013
#19
Yes. Which is hilarious when you consider that the right wing does nothing but
SomethingFishy
Dec 2013
#30
No, I don't agree. The current administration isn't Leftist in the slightest. eom
2banon
Dec 2013
#25
polls show that democrats are every bit as willing as republicans to circle the wagons
frylock
Dec 2013
#62
There were more than a couple of pro NSA anti Snowden postings here, not too long ago.
WowSeriously
Dec 2013
#29
We must start our own meme. 60 Minutes is now nothing but a propaganda source.
Enthusiast
Dec 2013
#46
Update: NSA Coworker Reportedly Says Snowden DIDN'T Dupe Coworkers Out of Passwords
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#51
While I absolutely agree the goal of the neo-conservative corp America right now is to divide and
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#78
My point is this is NOT right wing or even Conservative, it is PRO-CORPORATE.
happyslug
Dec 2013
#80
The entire U.S. Media apparatus is the equivalent to The Third Reich's Ministry of Propaganda
2banon
Dec 2013
#90
@chrislhayes: The 60 Minutes NSA story is somehow even worse than Twitter led me to believe
Hissyspit
Dec 2013
#93