Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, says she feels CBS News’ “60 Minutes” deceptively edited an interview that aired Sunday about the conservative parent’s rights group. denounced.
“I think 60 Minutes came in expecting us to be Looney Tunes,” Justice told Fox News Digital.
“I don’t think they got what they wanted out of the interview. So what they wanted was a ranting, abusive lunatic who just wanted to eliminate … teaching and learning in general.” continued Justin. “And we sit down and have honest conversations with them about the current state of literacy rates in America and the fact that we are facing a national crisis where only one-third of children are reading at grade level. I wanted to.”
“60 Minutes” aired the segment on Sunday night, more than four months after it was taped in October. Justice advocates claim she and her fellow Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Deskovic were “censored” by CBS News.
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“It’s been heavily edited and cut to make it look like we don’t know much about the real issues plaguing American families and children. But make no mistake: But we are very confident about the issues plaguing American families, Justice said.
Founded in 2021, Moms for Liberty capitalized on parental anger amid controversy over sexually explicit books in public school classrooms and school libraries, but the group itself has It has attracted fierce criticism from leftists for being censorious.
At one point, “60 Minutes” host Scott Perry asked what kind of ideology Moms for Liberty was concerned about children being indoctrinated with. “Let’s just say American kids can’t read,” Descovich responded during the show, to which Perry narrated the segment, adding, “They often narrowed their points and dodged the question.” he claimed.
Justice said “60 Minutes” wanted to “portray” that they were dodging the question, but that’s far from what actually happened. Justice said he recorded the entire interview and shared a partial transcript on social media. A full copy of the transcript was confirmed by Fox News Digital.
“In one case, right before Mr. Perry said he wasn’t answering the question, I had just talked about gender ideology. So, to be honest, I just felt a little set up,” Justice said. Told.
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In fact, the record includes the judge’s review of books with graphic sexual discussions, elements of “comprehensive sex education,” and “personal information about children’s sexual orientation and gender identity in schools without the presence of parents.” Parents are shown to have given lengthy explanations of their concerns about the “discussions that are taking place.” This is the part of the conversation right before Perry asks, “Let me ask you as simple a question as possible: What ideology do you think is the problem?”
Ultimately, Deskovich said, “Parents don’t want their kids to learn that they can change their gender from kindergarten through third grade. 70% of parents, we know that because of polls. “I’m doing it,” he said.
“Let me be clear: transgender ideology is something you don’t agree with,” Perry later said, according to Mons for Liberty records. [with]The judge then said, “Gender ideology has no place in American public schools,” but his comments were not televised.
Records show Perry asked multiple questions about ideology during the lengthy interview, and the Mamas for Liberty co-founders gave varying answers, not all versions of which appeared in the corner. .
The co-founder of Moms for Liberty is also upset that “60 Minutes” did not air footage of her directly reading some of the books that parents were concerned about.
Perry again narrated this segment and Justice was seen reading examples of some of the books she brought in to demonstrate their sexually explicit nature. Justice had read about six different books, she said, but CBS News basically used short clips as B-roll of her reading sexually explicit material and illustrations. was not broadcast.
“The question is, why? Maybe they were worried about getting fined by the FCC. And they didn’t want to broadcast me reading a book, or I’m not sure what books are in this book. Isn’t it surprising that showing photos is now illegal on national news?There are public school libraries, but they say it’s okay for underage children to use them at public schools.”Justice said.
“I tweeted that I was reading a book called ‘Let’s Talk About It,’ which was a very graphic description of how to give pleasure to a man,” she continued. “Scott asked me what book that was from, and I told him, but it was cut from the interview.”
CBS News did not immediately respond to a series of questions from Fox News Digital.
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Moms for Liberty has criticized “60 Minutes” on social media since the segment aired.
The judge said Moms for Freedom’s message was simple: parents should take control of their children’s education. She believes that parents have the power to change the future of America if they take up this issue and elect people who are willing to fight for parental rights and the importance of education.
On the other hand, much of the media has proven to be on the other side of the debate, she said.
“I’m deeply concerned about the fact that Americans can no longer trust the mainstream media. American parents are now looking to each other for information about what’s best for their children,” Justice said. Stated.
“Tina and I will engage with anyone whenever necessary to have important conversations about the future of our country and our children,” she added. “It would be great if mainstream media and programs like 60 Minutes lived up to their storied history.”
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Fox News Digital’s Jeffrey Clark and Hannah Grossman contributed to this report.
