On Sunday’s CBS "60 Minutes" anchor Morley Safer interviewed left-wing actor Alec Baldwin and spent some time focusing on Baldwin's liberal activism: "And yet it's his off-screen performances that can get in the way of a truly gifted man. And often it's his liberal politics that make him red meat for his critics." Baldwin explained to Safer: "They hate liberals who can throw a punch." And when Safer asked: "‘They’? Who's ‘they’?," Baldwin responded: "They, the vast right-wing conspiracy that's after me."
An admiring Safer described Baldwin’s activism this way: "Liberal politics has always been his passion...He has an impressive grasp of the issues and spends a huge amount of his time and money supporting causes he believes in: animal rights, the environment, the arts." Safer then went on to continue to portray Baldwin as a victim of the "right-wing conspiracy":
SAFER: But his bare-knuckled approach to political discourse...
BALDWIN: Not all Republicans are as insane as these extremist conservatives.
SAFER: ... has made him an easy target for conservative junkyard dogs like Sean Hannity.
SEAN HANNITY: He's unhinged. Let's be honest, he's not really bright.
Safer went on to describe further right-wing attacks on Baldwin: "And the right went wild when it was reported he said he'd move out of the country if George Bush were elected." Safer then described Balwin’s outrageous and offensive comments about conse ...
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On Sunday’s CBS "60 Minutes" anchor Morley Safer interviewed left-wing actor Alec Baldwin and spent some time focusing on Baldwin's liberal activism: "And yet it's his off-screen performances that can get in the way of a truly gifted man. And often it's his liberal politics that make him red meat for his critics." Baldwin explained to Safer: "They hate liberals who can throw a punch." And when Safer asked: "‘They’? Who's ‘they’?," Baldwin responded: "They, the vast right-wing conspiracy that's after me."
An admiring Safer described Baldwin’s activism this way: "Liberal politics has always been his passion...He has an impressive grasp of the issues and spends a huge amount of his time and money supporting causes he believes in: animal rights, the environment, the arts." Safer then went on to continue to portray Baldwin as a victim of the "right-wing conspiracy":
SAFER: But his bare-knuckled approach to political discourse...
BALDWIN: Not all Republicans are as insane as these extremist conservatives.
SAFER: ... has made him an easy target for conservative junkyard dogs like Sean Hannity.
SEAN HANNITY: He's unhinged. Let's be honest, he's not really bright.
Safer went on to describe further right-wing attacks on Baldwin: "And the right went wild when it was reported he said he'd move out of the country if George Bush were elected." Safer then described Balwin’s outrageous and offensive comments about conse ...