CBS’s 60 Minutes Reflects Modern Journalism’s Defeatism

No matter the story, the one thing that most journalists today want to see is Trump lose, even if that means America loses, too.

Allan J. Feifer | March 21, 2026

No matter the story, the one thing that most journalists today want to see is Trump lose, even if that means America loses, too.

I passionately believe that every citizen should be a patriotic booster for our country and pray to God every day that America will stand for the same vital concepts and beliefs embodied in our Constitution for another 250 years. It’s particularly difficult for me to view media darlings pontificating a not-so-subtle belief that America, at a time of armed conflict is going to get it in the neck again, that we’ve learned nothing, and all those America haters around the world are probably right; we’re no better and probably worse than a lot of people and countries we don’t hold in high esteem.

I watched 60 Minutes (as much as I could stand anyway) last Sunday. They had two segments that made me angry. The first was “Choke Point,” reported by lefty quip-artist Cecilia Vega, and the second was “Laser Focus,” by long in the tooth Leslie Stahl.

In a broad sense, this was CBS covering important topics at a time of conflict. Except, I carefully listened to what should have been a factual report that was, instead, cleverly but definitely slanted to support a position against our involvement in Iran, and to imply that the boogeyman was coming to get us again. Comments by both reporters reeked of elitism and disdain for anything and everything connected to Trump.

60 Minutes itself has been mired in controversy for years for sensationalizing the news and........

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