Lesley Stahl Grills Jim Jordan On Misinformation: 60 Minutes [Video]

60 Minutes took aim at the threat of online misinformation — particularly from conservative voices on social media — and correspondent Lesley Stahl left Rep. Jim Jordan virtually speechless when pressing him on whether the 2020 election was stolen or not.

The segment served as something of a warning for misinformation ahead of the 2024 general election, and relied on the myriad of debates over truth and facts surrounding the 2020 election, which featured lots of commentary about Covid and the efficacy of vaccines. There is no denying the segment largely blamed conservative voices for misinformation, as it featured an academic researcher who said as much.

“As big tech firms wrestle with how to keep false and harmful information off their social networks, the Supreme Court is wrestling with whether platforms like Facebook and Twitter, now called X, have the right to decide what users can say on their sites,” Stahl opened the segment. “The dispute …