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Oprah Winfrey Takes on Trump-Era Political Divide in ’60 Minutes’ Debut
Variety ^ | September 24, 2017 | Cynthia Littleton

Posted on 09/24/2017 4:41:46 PM PDT by kevcol

Oprah Winfrey convened a group of voters to examine the nation’s bitter political and cultural divide in her first segment as a special contributor to CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Winfrey held a roundtable session with 14 voters from West Michigan, evenly split between Donald Trump supporters and detractors. Winfrey pressed the group on Trump’s track record as President, whether his tweets are “modern presidential,” the need for limitations on free speech, and their perceptions of Trump vs. Hillary Clinton voters.

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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; cbs; oprah; trump
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1 posted on 09/24/2017 4:41:47 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

yet another reason not to watch.


2 posted on 09/24/2017 4:44:01 PM PDT by txnativegop (Socialism -- an evil created by ignorant a-holes!)
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To: kevcol

Oprah is one to talk, considering how she treated her OWN family member who she kicked out of her own home “There’s a n*gger in here” Oprah yelled out when she opened the door..Hey Oprah, you supported Barack Obama, who trashed our police and called thugs his “Son” and you want to talk about how President Trump behaves really??


3 posted on 09/24/2017 4:44:17 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: kevcol

Orca sighting


4 posted on 09/24/2017 4:46:22 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: kevcol

Why would anyone watch 60 minutes? Their intrepid investigative reporters couldn’t find the IRS, DOJ Fast and Furious, Benghazi Libya, Building 7 of the Trade Center, 30,000 missing Benghazi Clinton emails, or their own a$$es with both hands even when given detailed instructions and guidance!!!!!!!!!!!


5 posted on 09/24/2017 4:48:30 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: kevcol

WTH is this?!

I’m sure she would’ve asked such hard pressing questions such as “is Hillary’s poor sportsmanship and whining after the election and in her book presidential?”

This is not news nor is it informative. It is purely propaganda - further showing that the media has an agenda and actively campaigns for one political party.


6 posted on 09/24/2017 4:50:12 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: kevcol
Oh, they must mean the one she's largely responsible for by introducing the lyin' king to the Fidiots on her show? That divide? 👹
7 posted on 09/24/2017 4:50:59 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: kevcol

Well I watched the preview. Blaming hurricanes on climate change, John McCain, and then Oprah. I think I’ll pass.


8 posted on 09/24/2017 4:54:02 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: Sarah Barracuda; kevcol; everyone

I urge everyone to stifle whatever curiosity your might have to confirm your suspicions about Oprah's "Trash Trump segment" by NOT tuning into 60 Minutes tonight for even one second!

Don't give 60 Minutes any ratings from your house!


9 posted on 09/24/2017 4:56:39 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY!)
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To: onyx

I’m watching WWE No Mercy have no time to watch 50 seconds or 20 minutes whatever the heck that garbage show is


10 posted on 09/24/2017 5:00:24 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: kevcol

Will this fat lesbian ever go away


11 posted on 09/24/2017 5:01:46 PM PDT by ncalburt (ll)
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To: kevcol

Television. That’s where they sell reverse mortgages, denture adhesive, Depends, and electric scooters, isn’t it?


12 posted on 09/24/2017 5:04:04 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: kevcol
Winfrey doesn't get it, at all. Freedom, upon which our nation was based, includes freedom from being suppressed by those who have a bigger soapbox. Winfrey doesn't represent the most educated, or the most talented people in our society. Neither do the VAST majority of people in politics or the entertainment industry. Nonetheless, they have much more power to influence public opinion and the direction of society than the majority of Americans.

This includes those many Americans who get up early every day, work hard to provide for their families, and whose religious faith sustains them. These are the people who worry about their families, and who stay up late and don't sleep well because they are worried about the future and their ability to protect those they love. These are people who would never be as cynical, dangerously self-centered, and as unethical as someone like Hillary Clinton, and who can't relate to or understand that kind of behavior. Ironically, because they are guided by principle and ethics, they will likely never have the power that people unencumbered by ethics - like the Clintons - have.

Everyone has the right to their dreams. Everyone. Liberals, however, support a system in which the vast majority of human beings are indistinguishable from one another, and in which the only ones who have ‘stature’ are those like themselves - politicians, entertainers, academics, etc. That is as disgusting and destructive a philosophy and world view as any that have ever existed. In fact, it is this exact same core of 'suppression of the masses by the self-identified elite' that has fueled each and every disastrous and evil ‘government’ that has ever existed.

13 posted on 09/24/2017 5:09:12 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: kevcol

this ays it all about her (the need to limit free speech)


14 posted on 09/24/2017 5:27:46 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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this says it all about her (the need to limit free speech)


15 posted on 09/24/2017 5:29:09 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: kevcol

Its not a Trump era thing. Its started under Obama. We just aren’t going to take it anymore.


16 posted on 09/24/2017 5:30:20 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where is your bothers ElCamino ?)
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To: kevcol

She’s a journalist now?


17 posted on 09/24/2017 5:48:24 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

60 minutes is just a propaganda show.


18 posted on 09/24/2017 6:01:27 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
14 voters from West Michigan, evenly split between Donald Trump supporters and detractors.
IOW, she picked seven people who opposed Donald Trump, and seven others who really, really opposed Donald Trump. Funny, I don't recall the racist Oprah doing this when Zero was elected.
19 posted on 09/24/2017 6:48:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
“60 Minutes” investigative ‘reporters are liberal elites... they ONLY find scandals that liberal elites care about.

It's that easy.

Also "60 Minutes" on-air talent voted for Hillary and believed she would be elected in a cake walk. They think alike - in lockstep - and wrong.

The show should be called “60 Minutes of Liberal Elite Propaganda and Corrupt Intelligence Services Wet Dreams”.... Best to change the channel and watch George Soros's BLM teams giving the finger to traditional Americans... in a less subtle way than 60 Minutes...

20 posted on 09/25/2017 8:13:40 AM PDT by GOPJ (What's next? Burning the US Flag on the sideline of professional sports games?! freeper AzJoe)
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