Why the ‘60 Minutes’ segment with freed hostages fell short - opinion

While the '60 Minutes' segment does not explicitly put the onus on Israel, its framing choices and selective narrative emphasis shifts emotional blame, despite Hamas being the perpetrator. By GIL HOFFMAN APRIL 4, 2025 18:15 As college basketball’s March Madness tournament winds down and the baseball season begins, it’s an important time to remember that the only thing more annoying than a sore loser is a sore winner.If your team wins a game, you don’t get to kvetch about the referee or umpire who blew a call or two. As a sports fan from Chicago, a city whose teams don’t win much, my advice is to just be happy you won the game and shut up.But that rule doesn’t apply when it comes to the fight for Israel on the court of international public opinion. When it’s not a game but a matter of life and death, every nuance matters, every mistake must be highlighted, and every lesson learned. A very good case in point is this week’s episode of 60 Minutes. Anyone pro-Israel should be overjoyed that...