60 Minutes featured Kate Starbird, a misinformation researcher who reportedly tried to influence Big Tech to silence conservatives during the 2020 election. Critics accused her of being biased and receiving government grants while supporting Biden. The program failed to disclose these details, sparking controversy.
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"60 Minutes" omits "misinformation researcher" donated to Biden campaigns, received millions in grants from Biden administration https://t.co/TlD1agP4xi https://t.co/TlD1agP4xi
'60 Minutes' omits critical details about 'misinformation expert' otherwise painted as victimized researcher https://t.co/B9E01ok28q https://t.co/3wYV0mtP8V
🔬 A former New York Times journalist has attacked a group of leading scientists for “clearly” misleading him over the Covid lab-leak theory in the early days of the pandemic https://t.co/N6hl5n7hW4
60 Minutes Gets Caught Red-Handed After Interview With 'Misinformation Expert' https://t.co/IDFWXg05el
What degree does a misinformation expert have? Wrong answers only. https://t.co/vNnnkWWwhk
"Misinformation expert" is a fake credential. It was invented after 2016 to disguise political censorship as a act of neutral science. The idea that people like this can be floating arbiters of truth and falsity - and their decrees should be binding -- is a laughable fraud: https://t.co/bTEcP0JOLE
"Don't be alarmed, I'm an experienced disinformation expert and I'm here to do research." https://t.co/TfyiH04Z7J https://t.co/KqsFoWvXwu
FRAUD: ’60 Minutes’ Failed To Disclose ‘Misinformation’ Researcher is Left-Wing Activist and Biden Donor https://t.co/Vt268a8QV8
’60 Minutes’ Failed To Disclose ‘Misinformation’ Researcher Got Millions In Gov’t Grants, Donated To Biden CBS’ “60 Minutes” failed to disclose that a prominent “misinformation” researcher it featured on its Sunday program received funding and collaborated with President Joe… https://t.co/r6AiDUGbpE
I don’t trust misinformation experts after what they did with Covid https://t.co/22eWmLm6jD
’60 Minutes’ Failed To Disclose ‘Misinformation’ Researcher Got Millions In Gov’t Grants, Donated To Biden https://t.co/jNxdC7s8wQ via @dailycaller
BREAKING: ‘60 Minutes’ Failed To Disclose ‘Misinformation’ Researcher Got Millions In Gov’t Grants, Donated To Biden https://t.co/20QytNgIL9
Brb becoming a “misinformation researcher” to learn how to make better misinformation
Average disinformation researcher. https://t.co/wJZTGvhn2o
The misinformation researcher: The poaster: https://t.co/zMMfYthrwQ https://t.co/IWuHPUzTnj
Soooo this is a “misinformation researcher”?!? It’s all making sense now…. https://t.co/Ce3FmNKUKL
Is there some reason why these “misinformation researchers” always look like this? And is there a good reason why we shouldn’t all laugh at them? https://t.co/S0Mq3biIOS
Oh I know! It's a smarmy progressive academic who views any position that is against theirs as misinformation. Example: I believe that only women can menstruate. Misinformation researcher: This is a false and transphobic statement. https://t.co/NX8D17mHiI
This is a “misinformation researcher” https://t.co/BRHfyMhHqz
What in the world is a “misinformation researcher?" Wrong answers only. https://t.co/RlK64QJsfw
"Virologists telling one another that they find the 'lab leak' theory of the coronavirus’s genesis plausible, but that, for reasons of politics.. they should steer journalists away from it. ...specific discussion about how to manage then-New York Times public health reporter..." https://t.co/p5H12oEHMS
The "misinformation experts" look just like you'd expect them to look. https://t.co/19iBjVPwq6
well this is awkward. I’m also a misinformation researcher and haven’t had this problem. presumably kate was flagging political opinions she didn’t like (common among less talented workers in my field). 60 minutes should have called an actual expert. https://t.co/ywlQtSKSwK
Misinformation researcher = paid government liar https://t.co/eddNDL12mr
This is the type of person who becomes a “misinformation researcher.” Everything about her—or is it a him?—is an ideological giveaway. These are the people who want to control what we read, see and hear https://t.co/8lLLxjBhTd
She looks exactly what I’d expect a “misinformation researcher” to look like. https://t.co/knYKjMXSba
WATCH: 60 Minutes profiled a misinformation academic researcher named Kate Starbird a "leader of a misinformation research group" that tried to get Big Tech companies to silence conservatives during the 2020 election. 60 Minutes failed to point out that Starbird is a serious… https://t.co/ygogCh9ybr