"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

god, trump is such a whiny asshole

also fuck everyone at that law firm

So! Our president grants 60 Minutes an interview, ostensibly for good press in the less than two weeks remaining before ED. He storms off. He attacks Leslie Stahl on Twitter.

He's won reelection. Genius.

thing is - patriots don't trust 60 minutes

what is the most swing votery thing to watch? 60 minutes has to be up there?

i always imagined them as people who do not watch or read anything related to news or current events

I always assumed at least 40% of the 60 Minutes audience was NFL fans that fell asleep during a slow second half in the late afternoon game.

i'm assuming "swing votery" means "undecided", since almost everyone else feels very strongly one way or another.

and for the undecideds, do they watch news? nothing against wheel of fortune, but i think the wheel is probably more interesting to them

from 2019
Ratings are not a problem at 60 Minutes in 2019. Though the show airs the same time as some NFL games, it has averaged 10.5 million viewers since its 52nd season premiered on September 29. That represents a 4% improvement over the prior season.

The show continues finding an audience for its in-depth look at political issues of the day. A good example would be the November 17 edition that featured Scott Pelley’s report on red-flag gun laws. That show had an audience of 13.2 million viewers.

For a little perspective, the November 17 showing was the biggest TV audience any non-sports program had all week. And it was the No. 3 show of the entire week (sports or not), according to Nielsen ratings.

The best ratings news of all for CBS is the growth 60 Minutes has posted in the coveted 18-49 year-old demographic. While cable-news shows often lag in this department, 60 Minutes is up 18.5% this season with its 1.45 rating.

Vast improvement over that previous 1.26 rating.

I'll defend 60 Minutes. It's good!

i'm morley safer

And I'm Hugh Downs.

And this is 20/20.

i mean it really doesn't matter what the ratings are. whatever shitfit he throws before walking off will be all over twitter, and he spends another few days acting like a giant bitch about it

Dude's definitely short a piece of cheese in his Lunchable

I don't know how to link DJT Twitter, but: I am pleased to inform you that, for the sake of accuracy in reporting, I am considering posting my interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes, PRIOR TO AIRTIME! This will be done so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a FAKE and BIASED interview is all about...

DAMN

I’m Donny Osmond.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/6dd88f7f343ad9c545b1d549c2c83f03/tumblr_inline_p74fk5n0zm1rvl0vd_1280.jpg

I see that Twitter is discovering all over again that Chris Pratt is a Republican.

The things you relearn!

What, did he have Hope Hicks record the interview on her phone or something?

And if it's fake & biased, what's the rush to release it?

would hurt 60 Minutes' ratings, that's obviously all this is about

Release The Trump Cut

He could just save us all the trouble and skip ahead a couple of weeks instead of just a couple of days. What is he so afraid of?

I don't know what that Donny Osmond photo is from, but that's literally a Quibi show.

Trump's footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEGFaOeUm2A

Stahl: "But excuse me, Mr. President.. you never actually won a Nobel..."
Trump: "Get out! Get out! You're a Never Trumper! I'm going back to my room...

how can an interview be 'fake'

Aw.

NEWS: Trump's campaign committee expected to report only **~$63 million** entering Oct.

That's about half of what it had entering Sept.

RNC $78.1m
Trump Victory $90.3m
T-MAGA $20.1m.

Total between 4 entities previously announced as $251.4 million.https://t.co/f6kESRNtmh

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) October 20, 2020

Back on the tax beat:

NEW: President Trump's tax records reveal a previously unknown bank account he has in China, where he's spent a decade pursuing business deals. w/@russbuettner, @susannecraig https://t.co/lklgXCqe9x

— Mike McIntire (@mmcintire) October 20, 2020

this Chris Pratt thing is fucking stupid. who gives a motherfuck. He's also married to Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter, no? I really don't think he's a Trump supporter.

i actually don't know what you're talking about, and i'm going to just savor this moment

I don't know what that Donny Osmond photo is from

Ah, such youth. (Being an older crust like myself means remembering the Donny and Marie show from the late 70s regularly had a 60 Minutes parody called, as you see it, 6 Minutes. No video evidence immediately available but maybe in some best-of clips or something.

this Chris Pratt thing is fucking stupid. who gives a motherfuck. He's also married to Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter, no? I really don't think he's a Trump supporter.

It's dumb but being an avid follower of that awful megachurch would absolutely put him in the Trump demographic.

Don Jr’s closing line: “When we win for America we can also make liberals cry again and, in the process, make America great again, again!”

— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) October 20, 2020

"Again again" is not not a bad slogan

for real? he said the "make liberals cry" part out loud?

Looks like we’re going to sail through covid case record and possibly hospitalisation too right around Election Day.

Why not? I lived it last week.

Looooool

Following his "60 Minutes" interview, Trump did not smile to greet cheering supporters as he departed the White House. pic.twitter.com/1WlcRzdqax

— The Recount (@therecount) October 20, 2020

looooooooooool the big boy

Sad Nixon.

awww I think somebody needs his Filet-O-Fish

he was soooooo unfaiwwy untweated

The mien of a person who got terrible internal polls

terrible internal bowels

don't think these 10 second clips reveal anything really

this clip reveals a sad man

They reveal the fistula he calls his face

Eh, it's just free schadenfreude, enjoy it while you can.

2xp

They would mean more if you could better hear the squishy sounds.