Yesterday Steve Kroft explained to Piers Morgan why Obama does so many interviews with 60 Minutes (via Newsbusters):

PIERS MORGAN, HOST: And joining me now is 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft. Steve, welcome to you.

STEVE KROFT, CBS NEWS: Thank you, Piers. Nice to be here.

MORGAN: I want to thank you for getting every single Obama interview that I’ve been trying to get in the last two years on CNN first of all.

KROFT: I’ve done a lot.

MORGAN: [Laughs]. Let me ask you at the top, why do you think he keeps coming to you? Because there’s two schools of thought. One is that you’re the most brilliant, penetrating interviewer on American television, and the other one is that you give him a soft time, neither of which I suspect is entirely the true picture.

STEVE KROFT: No, I think that first of all, I think he likes 60 Minutes. It’s, you know, we have a huge audience. We have a format that suits him. It’s long. We can do twelve minutes or 24 minutes. We do a, you know, we do a good job of editing. And I’ve been doing these interviews with him since a few weeks before he declared his candidacy. So I covered him during the campaign and have kept doing it in the White House.

But I think it’s a question of fairness. I, we have not, I think he knows that we’re not going to play gotcha with him, that we’re not going to go out of our way to make him look bad or stupid, and we’ll let him answer the questions.

What an admission. Not only will they not go out of their way to make him look bad or stupid, but they will protect him to help him get elected.

Remember?

Oh yes, they sat on footage of Obama from right after Benghazi, hours after his big speech in the Rose Garden, where he refused to call Benghazi a terrorist attack. And when did they release finally it? TWO days before the election. They waited until after the debates where Obama lied and said he did call it a terrorist attack and Candy Crowley made Romney look bad. They waited until the very last minute so that even if it did get exposed, it would have minimal impact on Obama’s chances to win.

No Steve Kroft, it’s not that you don’t go out of your way to make him look bad, you go out of your way to PROTECT Obama like the state-run media propagandist hack you are. That’s why he loves 60 minutes – because you kiss his butt up one side and down the other.

Ugh.




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33 comments
giomerica
giomerica

It's sad to see how this once great TV newsmagazine has become nothing but a televised version of Pravda.

Mike Wallace is rolling over in his grave...

bobemakk
bobemakk

Two of the biggest "a$$ kissing" Obama lovers on the networks.

PatrickHenrysBody
PatrickHenrysBody

Hey Steve Kroft, I dedicate my next roll of toilet paper to you! That is what I think of your explanation of why Zero loves your joke of a show. There was a time when your show was somewhat relevant. You and yours on your stupid, pathetic show have proven those days have long since passed. Your blatant water carrying for Zero has been evident and you are no more objective than Josef Goebbels was.

mike3e4r7
mike3e4r7

Hey Steve, you don't have to go out of your way to make Obama look bad or stupid. All you have to do is ask him some basic questioins, and he'll do the rest. I'd like to say I've lost any last ounce of respect I might have had for Steve Croft, but I never had any.

PatrickHenrysBody
PatrickHenrysBody

Yep. Get Zero off-script and he reveals his true self every time.

victoryman
victoryman

Again, to paraphrase Eisenhower, "Beware the government/media complex."

white531
white531

Obama will use any forum that makes him look good, where he can shoot off his big mouth without anyone asking him tough questions.

Army_Pilot1967
Army_Pilot1967

It's stuff like "60 Minutes" and other "news" programs that have caused me to quit watching television. Oh, I'll watch nature shows until the producers start rigging those, then I'll quit watching those shows too. Surely we used to have honest-to-goodness reporters that actually reported facts, didn't we? I have zero confidence or faith in any media types, sorry but that's the way it is, Tuesday January 29th. Thank you and goodnight.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

Steve... you've got something brown right there... all over your lips and on your nose...

They might as well all be spooning each other. Liars move in packs...

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

Okay, let me get this straight. Steve Kroft going on Piers Morgan to say why Obama loves them so much? Is that right? And this was on CNN and NOT SNL? Oh, nevermind, poe-tay-toe, poe-tah-toe.

'We do a, you know, we do a good job of editing.' - Kroft

This is a misquote. He actually wanted to say "we do a good deal of editing".

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

I don't know who watches 60 Minutes anymore. Such a waste of time, which is sad because people used to respect it. Now it's a bad joke. Mike Wallace is probably spinning in his grave.

PapaLouie
PapaLouie

Someone should ask CBS NEWS why they have two different standards. Why do they do "gotcha" interviews with Sarah Palin and other Republicans but not Democrats? Why do they go out of their way to try to make her and George Bush "look bad or stupid," but then treat Obama with kid's gloves? Is there an official reason for the disparity? Or are they just afraid Obama is too fragile?

mike3e4r7
mike3e4r7

Because they wuv him so very, very much. He makes them all tingley inside, and that trumps everything. Steve Croft is a woman in love.

tinlizzieowner
tinlizzieowner

It's called 'Situational Hypocrisy'. ;-)

DebbyX
DebbyX

And it also involves the gag reflex!

Rshill7
Rshill7

Where were Kroft's pom poms and why didn't he wear a cheerleader jump suit? He could've shined Obama's shoes while he was at it too. One mustn't limit one's adulation to mere butt kissing. Vary the foreplay.

DCGere
DCGere

Pravda would approve.

Rocco11
Rocco11

The corruption on the Left has reached epic proportions.

stage9
stage9

"...why do you think he keeps coming to you? Because there’s two schools of thought. One is that you’re the most brilliant, penetrating interviewer on American television, and the other one is that you give him a soft time, neither of which I suspect is entirely the true picture."

Did Morgan just insult him? lol! What a couple of imbeciles!

"But I think it’s a question of fairness. I, we have not, I think he knows that we’re not going to play gotcha with him, that we’re not going to go out of our way to make him look bad or stupid, and we’ll let him answer the questions."

LOL! Are you kidding me??? No genius you're not going to "play gotcha"; you're going to go out of your way to PROTECT HIM because you have a man crush on him!

deeme
deeme

I used to consider them a credible news source, but now according to Obama the only two left are Fox News and Rush..he forgot all the wonderful sites on the Web..I wonder why???

The propaganda media is out of control..they sit down and decide which lie should we spread today..???? Remember how they tore into Romney for telling the truth right after Benghazi, oh no they weren't having none of that , He called it an act of terror, that would look really bad the storyline is I'm a hero and wiped out AlQaeda...How about the lie that they said it was terror right from the start, how many of our voters actually watched what they said at the memorial for the families, or at the United Nations or the Public Service message to Pakistan apologizing , all to make you look at that terrible American ,instead of AlQaeda , the storyline is they are on the run, it's all because we caught B.L now stick with the script because that is what our country has become..How about the lie that the Constitution isn't important..not set in stone...How about the lie that anyone who loves this country before Obama transformed is racist...How about the lie that Mubarak was evil for 30 years of peace but Morsi is not..How about we say crime is down..Surely you kid , I have been watching the news for over 40 years , you can't tell me that it's down..We went from having one shooting in a few months to shooting's every night. how about global warming is causing everything, it doesn't matter that the last record high we are having was in the 70's...It also causes cancer...it also causes your water to be poison and your house to catch on fire, but when your house catches on fire from their light bulbs or their cars, everybody stay hush hush , don't tell anyone..the money has to flow so we can continue the lie..The lie that those who pay everything haven't paid enough and those who take everything deserve even more.. Anyone who doesn't agree is racist, shut up and eat your peas....One thing is for sure..NOTHING

PatrickHenrysBody
PatrickHenrysBody

Fox News is one Bill O'Reilly Obama interview away from being taken off of the $h!+ list. Firing Hannity before or after the interview would seal the deal.

Joe
Joe

I didn't watch it!

Was Zero butt kissed - literally?

PatrickHenrysBody
PatrickHenrysBody

THIS JUST IN:

Steve Kroft had elective plastic surgery...to permanently attach his lips to Zero's left buttock. Film at 11.

las1
las1

P.s. I'll be honest... I can't watch either. The ick, ewe and hurl factor is too great.

las1
las1

Sorry there Joe... we at Scoop can't do your work for you. You'll just have to find out for yourself.

sjmom
sjmom

So, Mr. Kroft you're admitting you are an Obama lackey???? Guess you had no other choice after slobbering all over him and Hillary.

sDee
sDee

A propagandist master interviewed by a propaganda troll.

Hard to figure if they had a cigarette, or a long hot shower after that.

PhillyCon
PhillyCon

RS, I was wondering when you were going to address the 60 minutes slobberfest.

The line between Democrat politician and "journalist" no longer exists. It's one big blob now.

marketcomp
marketcomp

I wonder what Condaleeza Rice thinks about that!

sjmom
sjmom

Ms. Rice may have an R after her name but she's as liberal as the rest.