Steve Scalise spread the racist Big Lie that the election was stolen. He incited the Jan. 6 riot and voted to overturn the election
On @ThisWeekABC he was rewarded with 10 minutes of airtime and pushed the lie again
The networks are actively helping Republicans spread this lie
On @ThisWeekABC he was rewarded with 10 minutes of airtime and pushed the lie again
The networks are actively helping Republicans spread this lie
@ThisWeekABC There is no good-faith explanation for inviting a Big Liar onto your show to ask them about anything at all, let alone the very topic they spent months lying about to overthrow democracy
How can a journalist say Scalise should be trusted while still participating in the Big Lie?
How can a journalist say Scalise should be trusted while still participating in the Big Lie?
This interview started with an open mic to Scalise to slam Biden on school reopenings and the covid relief bill, as if he’s a good-faith actor with no context at all. Then at the end we get “by the way do you think the election was real? No? Ok thanks for coming on”
This happens every week. Today it was Steve Scalise. On every Sunday since the election—even after the Jan. 6 riot—Big Liars have been rewarded by mainstream media, especially on @ThisWeekABC
@ABC is laundering the Big Lie—an insane conspiracy theory—on its legitimate platform
@ABC is laundering the Big Lie—an insane conspiracy theory—on its legitimate platform
@ThisWeekABC @ABC This is beyond being “complicit” or whatever generous Ivanka-ey term you might use
It’s not like these Big Liars are surprising the hosts. They’ve announced they worship the Big Lie. Scalise JUST MET WITH TRUMP and is bragging about it. He’s obviously going to keep lying!
It’s not like these Big Liars are surprising the hosts. They’ve announced they worship the Big Lie. Scalise JUST MET WITH TRUMP and is bragging about it. He’s obviously going to keep lying!
Booking Big Liars on and defending the practice of booking Big Liars has the same result as spreading the Big Lie yourself
If you know they’re going to lie, and you let them lie live — in a throwaway question at the end of the interview — you also lied!
If you know they’re going to lie, and you let them lie live — in a throwaway question at the end of the interview — you also lied!
https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1363504022452375552
This isn’t as egregious but simultaneously on @CNNSotu there was an interview with Michael McCaul, who refused to acknowledge Biden won for 6 weeks
He wasn’t asked about his role in supporting the Big Lie. It’s easy to do this and would be refreshing if live interviewers asked
He wasn’t asked about his role in supporting the Big Lie. It’s easy to do this and would be refreshing if live interviewers asked
@CNNSotu A huge problem with Sunday Show Journalism is that the hosts are all white and most don’t realize the Big Lie was racist. Republicans engineered a mass deception campaign to invalidate Black votes to overturn an election. These news hosts now shrug it off as a policy difference
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