60 Minutes has long been accused of having a liberal bias. Former correspondent Steve Kroft doesn’t believe that’s the case.
During an interview with Bill O’Reilly on the We’ll Do It Live! podcast, Kroft argued that while conservatives have long argued that the show is biased, he believes that side of the aisle should herald the show.
“There’s no operation in broadcasting that has done more stories that should have pleased the conservatives than 60 Minutes,” he said. “Because we reported on fraud and the waste in Washington, and all of that stuff when not everybody was doing that. And that’s a conservative issue. Not a liberal issue.”
When Bill O’Reilly questioned Kroft on whether he agreed that 60 Minutes “isn’t what it used to be,” Kroft pushed back.
“I don’t know what is,” he said.
O’Reilly argued that while Scott Pelley and Lesley Stahl are great reporters, they’re “appalled by him.”
“I think some of that is perception,” Kroft said. “I think that Lesley can be tough on anybody. And I think Scott? The same way. I think conservatives tend to look at it like ‘Well, there’s a small occasion of the truth.’ When, in fact, it is playing it more down the middle. But I don’t think conservatives necessarily like the middle. I think they want people on their side.”
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60 Minutes, like SNL, is the product of a different era that has grown stale over the decades. It would not be a bad idea if a fresh and new approach to investigative news was offered.