This is the context for Trump walking off 60 Mins interview. When Stahl said THIS IS 60 MINUTES: We can’t air unverified stuff...THAT was the end for him because that was exactly the whole point. To get 60 MINUTES — mainstream — to do exactly that. Others eg CNN have allowed it..

..Airing all kinds of garbage from Trump ppl in the name of “balance.” But CNN is live. And what Stahl let Trump know in that moment was that he was wasting his time because they would edit out the falsehoods before air.

From the start the tactic has been to occupy the mainstream media with propaganda and disinformation. it has largely worked. Trump was hoping to use 60 Mins to air his BS. It was important because as NYT’s Ben Smith reports, trump ppl tried & failed to plant Biden story at WSJ.

They can’t win with just Breitbart and the Post. They need the mainstream outlets they bully. What we saw on CBS was trump realizing they were going to edit and not just transmit. And from his time on NBC he knows very well the power of the final cut hence: not worth my time

When he used his own parallel media — his facebook page- to air the tape in advance, he Punished 60 Minutes (scooping them) & airs the stenographic version (what he wanted!) BUT he doesnt get what he wanted because... it is not 60 Minutes airing the BS. JUST FB!

for him that must be galling on several fronts. His story lacks the heft of mainstream approval when he needs it for his october surprise! And once again he is only a B list celebrity. Turned aside by CBS, relegated to Facebook Cannot make it in the big time. The end