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Section 230 | The Case Against Curtis Flowers | Notes of Grace

TV Flash files “Section 230 | The Case Against Curtis Flowers | Notes of Grace” as hour 590 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 53, episode 15, aired 2021-01-03, 60 min.

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This leaf is S53E15: listed hour 590 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 15 of 36 in season 53. It aired 2021-01-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “An End in Sight | Justice Defenders | Built by Angels” (S53E14). Next is “January 6th | 11,780 Votes | American Independent” (S53E16). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Section 230 | The Case Against Curtis Flowers | Notes of Grace (S53E15)

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Section 230: Scott Pelley reports on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which protects internet platforms from liability for what users post on their sites. How it has shaped the internet drives why victims of internet lies want it repealed.  The Case Against Curtis Flowers: Sharyn Alfonsi reports how Curtis Flowers, tried six times for the same crime, was freed from death row with help from a podcast. He spent nearly half his life in prison for the murders of four people and may still be on death row if not for the podcast's investigative work. Notes of Grace: The classical pianist, Igor Levit, tells Jon Wertheim about finding an audience during the pandemic streaming performances from his living room, speaking out against antisemitism, and understanding Beethoven with the help of Eminem.

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Where does Section 230 | The Case Against Curtis Flowers | Notes of Grace sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S53E15 is listed hour 590 of 767 — hour 15 of 36 in season 53, season 53 episode 15.

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Section 230 | The Case Against Curtis Flowers | Notes of Grace aired 2021-01-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.

Tick, tick, tick — not a theme song, a weapon. CBS's 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt's stopwatch since 1968, was an 1980s Nielsen bully that outrated sitcoms on Sunday night: investigative pieces, profiles, commentator segments, correspondent star power. Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Andy Rooney's endnotes. **Ambush interviews and gotcha lore made Wallace a fearsome brand.** The museum guard wants the package as civic virtue. The flash is the ambush. Appointment news before the…

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