Why MTG Can Get Away with Slandering Democrats as Criminals

For the most part, 60 Minutes journalist Leslie Stahl’s sit-down interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene, in which the Republican congresswoman from Georgia appeared earnest when she stood by her accusation that “Democrats are the party of pedophiles,” produced one of two reactions.

First, incredulity over Stahl’s stunned silence, which was all she could muster in response to the accusation. There was plenty of that. The second was bitter hostility toward both Stahl and CBS for failing to fact-check the claim either in real time or post-production.