Is CNN on a witch hunt?

I dont think him being gay is relevant as this wasnt a story about gay rights or a gay person. However, interviewing a Porn Star because she had sex with the president 12 years ago seems crazy to me. I have no issue reporting the affair but seriously 60 minutes spending time with her to get her side of the story is crazy. The old pros from 60 Minutes who have have passed away, are probably turning in their graves. What is the story. She had an affair Trump and had sex 12 years ago. She was paid to shut up and accepted the money and now feels because Trump didnt sign the paperwork that she is now entitled to either sell her story and make more money or two, she feels as a porn actress that the world needs to know the true story. And of course someone who she has no idea who they are, threatened her life and assumes it must be Trump people. The fact that 60 Minutes got their hands dirty with this is disgusting.
 
Perhaps the "story" is that the hush money was paid 10 days before the election, not that she spanked him with a magazine 12 years before.
 
When I was a kid we had 3 channels ABC, CBS, and NBC the editors decide what kind of a twist the news would get, usually to the left. Bernie Goldberg wrote a book on it "Bias".
When cable came about CNN and Headline news were it. Again the majority of networks leaning left and getting their opinion out to the Public, so again if you flipped stations the news story had the same angle to it. News papers did the same but you could usually find one from the left and one from the right as in Boston you had the liberal Globe and conservative Herald.
Fox was the first to have a conservative view on the TV and they try to have both sides represented.
Radio in the private sector is dominated by conservatives and in the public sector tends to lean left. Al Franken tried to have a public Radio station but it did not last.
For me I like to look at multiple news outlets and internet site and interpret what the actual truth is. The Editors have all the influence (spin) as to how the story is told and how they want the American public to perceive it. It amazes how easy the spin can still be seen on the main stations ABC CBS and NBC
I tend to follow the stations that stories turn out to be truthful and spun the least.
 
I believe their is a witch hunt and CNN helped get it started along with the MSM. Its sad to me that one side gets to continue to break laws and rules and the MSM does not care. It shows how powerful the politically entrenched machine is and why we need term limits.
 
Humey said:
What is the story.
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Read about the trial (literally) and tribulations of John Edwards. His was in a very similar situation, in which hush money was paid by a third party to the paramour for the benefit of the candidate. I don't even know or care about the verdict in his trial, but he was indicted and tried for election law violations.

I didn't watch 60 minutes last night so I don't know if questions were pointed in that direction. At the same time, I don't think most viewers were interested in the finer points of federal election laws.
 
Jeepman said:
The 60 Minutes interview last night with the prostitute subject and the gay male reporter who was weaned on his trust fund has no place in objective journalism, IMHO.
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I actually think Anderson Cooper does a decent job of remaining impartial, at least in comparison to the affected histrionics you see from the likes of Jim Acosta, Jake Tapper, or Chris Cuomo.
 
Humey said:
I dont think him being gay is relevant as this wasnt a story about gay rights or a gay person. However, interviewing a Porn Star because she had sex with the president 12 years ago seems crazy to me. I have no issue reporting the affair but seriously 60 minutes spending time with her to get her side of the story is crazy. The old pros from 60 Minutes who have have passed away, are probably turning in their graves. What is the story. She had an affair Trump and had sex 12 years ago. She was paid to shut up and accepted the money and now feels because Trump didnt sign the paperwork that she is now entitled to either sell her story and make more money or two, she feels as a porn actress that the world needs to know the true story. And of course someone who she has no idea who they are, threatened her life and assumes it must be Trump people. The fact that 60 Minutes got their hands dirty with this is disgusting.
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It's been 26 years since Bill and Hilary sat under the hot lights in the top post-Super Bowl time slot and had the "old pros from 60 Minutes" asking questions about a presidential hopeful's extramarital affair. This sort of thing has been news for a long time.
 
AJC said:
Perhaps the "story" is that the hush money was paid 10 days before the election, not that she spanked him with a magazine 12 years before.
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Is paying someone to not reveal a sexual affair illegal? If not, there is no issue. However threatening someone with a disclosure if they dont pay up money is illegal. Not saying she did that.
 
StPaulDad said:
Humey said:
I dont think him being gay is relevant as this wasnt a story about gay rights or a gay person. However, interviewing a Porn Star because she had sex with the president 12 years ago seems crazy to me. I have no issue reporting the affair but seriously 60 minutes spending time with her to get her side of the story is crazy. The old pros from 60 Minutes who have have passed away, are probably turning in their graves. What is the story. She had an affair Trump and had sex 12 years ago. She was paid to shut up and accepted the money and now feels because Trump didnt sign the paperwork that she is now entitled to either sell her story and make more money or two, she feels as a porn actress that the world needs to know the true story. And of course someone who she has no idea who they are, threatened her life and assumes it must be Trump people. The fact that 60 Minutes got their hands dirty with this is disgusting.
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It's been 26 years since Bill and Hilary sat under the hot lights in the top post-Super Bowl time slot and had the "old pros from 60 Minutes" asking questions about a presidential hopeful's extramarital affair. This sort of thing has been news for a long time.
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Yes but they interviewed the Clintons, that is the difference.
 
cb7893 said:
I don't know if questions were pointed in that direction
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They spoke at length with a former head of the federal elections commission. His feeling is they have a better case against the Trump lawyer than they did with Edwards.
 
Humey said:
StPaulDad said:
Humey said:
I dont think him being gay is relevant as this wasnt a story about gay rights or a gay person. However, interviewing a Porn Star because she had sex with the president 12 years ago seems crazy to me. I have no issue reporting the affair but seriously 60 minutes spending time with her to get her side of the story is crazy. The old pros from 60 Minutes who have have passed away, are probably turning in their graves. What is the story. She had an affair Trump and had sex 12 years ago. She was paid to shut up and accepted the money and now feels because Trump didnt sign the paperwork that she is now entitled to either sell her story and make more money or two, she feels as a porn actress that the world needs to know the true story. And of course someone who she has no idea who they are, threatened her life and assumes it must be Trump people. The fact that 60 Minutes got their hands dirty with this is disgusting.
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It's been 26 years since Bill and Hilary sat under the hot lights in the top post-Super Bowl time slot and had the "old pros from 60 Minutes" asking questions about a presidential hopeful's extramarital affair. This sort of thing has been news for a long time.
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Yes but they interviewed the Clintons, that is the difference.
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They interviewed Clinton for the affair he had with an intern while he was in office, not for the affairs he had prior to being POTUS.
 
Sledge said:
I actually think Anderson Cooper does a decent job of remaining impartial, at least in comparison to the affected histrionics you see from the likes of Jim Acosta, Jake Tapper, or Chris Cuomo.
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Yes, and a lion would make a decent pet compared to an alligator or a great white shark.
 
EDelahanty said:
Jeepman said:
AJC said:
Jeepman said:
The 60 Minutes interview last night with the prostitute subject and the gay male reporter who was weaned on his trust fund has no place in objective journalism, IMHO.
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If a reporter being gay disqualifies them from being objective, what about all the reporters who are gay that you don't know are gay?
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Your question is not one that has relevance here, because it twists the point. Translation: I'm not taking the bait, sorry. I will say that

taking a minority group (someone practicing the profession of prostitution) and have that person interviewed by another minority group (gay males, and in this one who has been sucking on a silver spoon since birth), does detract from the objectivity of the interview.

And to clarify, I have no ill feeling toward prostitutes nor do I condemn the gay man. That is all the response you will get from me on your inquiry.
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Shirley, you can't be serious.
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Dont call me Shirley
 
Humey said:
Is paying someone to not reveal a sexual affair illegal? If not, there is no issue. However threatening someone with a disclosure if they dont pay up money is illegal. Not saying she did that.
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I haven't heard anyone say that it was illegal for Candidate Trump's personal attorney to pay an adult film actress $130k days before the 2016 election in fulfillment of a signed non-disclosure agreement concerning her relationship with Donald Trump. I have heard, just Friday as a matter of fact on Bret Baier's Special Report, that the payment might be construed as an undisclosed campaign contribution. Therein lies the rub.

Read the case against John Edwards. Very similar. Payment to paramour during the campaign by a third party.
 
cb7893 said:
Humey said:
Is paying someone to not reveal a sexual affair illegal? If not, there is no issue. However threatening someone with a disclosure if they dont pay up money is illegal. Not saying she did that.
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I haven't heard anyone say that it was illegal for Candidate Trump's personal attorney to pay an adult film actress $130k days before the 2016 election in fulfillment of a signed non-disclosure agreement concerning her relationship with Donald Trump. I have heard, just Friday as a matter of fact on Bret Baier's Special Report, that the payment might be construed as an undisclosed campaign contribution. Therein lies the rub.

Read the case against John Edwards. Very similar. Payment to paramour during the campaign by a third party.
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Yes, i heard about it being called a undisclosed campaign contribution. Like John Edwards, it is really a reach just to hurt Trump although if true, it is probably a problem
 
KP2020Dad said:
They interviewed Clinton for the affair he had with an intern while he was in office, not for the affairs he had prior to being POTUS.
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Since President Clinton was not yet POTUS at the time of the interview, how could the "old pros" at 60 Minutes have been asking about any affairs other than those prior to him becoming POTUS.
 
Humey said:
Yes, i heard about it being called a undisclosed campaign contribution. Like John Edwards, it is really a reach just to hurt Trump although if true, it is probably a problem
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Well, it was the Obama Adminstration/DOJ doing the reaching in John Edwards' case.
 
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