60 Minutes
The Right to Be Wrong | AMLO | Law of the Sea
Season 56, Episode 23 · Aired 2024-03-24
Synopsis
The Right to Be Wrong – With mis- and disinformation rampant on social media in the leadup to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on the spread of misleading information, and big tech's efforts to reign it in while battling claims of censorship. Now, the Supreme Court is deciding whether social media platforms ultimately hold free speech rights to make their own editorial decisions or if they are solely carriers of everyone's speech. Ayesha Siddiqi is the producer. AMLO – As immigration and the economy emerge as key issues in this year's race for the White House, 60 MINUTES' Sharyn Alfonsi conducts a candid interview with the popular, leftist president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Alfonsi asks the president, widely known by his initials "AMLO," about border security, immigration, the economy, Mexican drug cartels, the Fentanyl crisis in America and more. Michael Karzis is the producer. Law of the Sea – 60 MINUTES reports on the mad dash in the Eastern Pacific for the vast quantities of critical minerals strewn on the sea floor – vital for almost all of today's electronics. Mining the international seabed could start next year and China is set to dominate it. But in this crucial race, America is nowhere – sidelined by a group of Republican senators who refuse to ratify the UN's Law of the Sea. Unless it does, America is locked out of competing for those underwater riches. Correspondent Bill Whitaker looks at the consequences of the Senate logjam over the Law of the Sea. Heather Abbott is the producer.
In the series
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Key cast
- Mike Wallace as Correspondent
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Also in season 56
- S56E01 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E03 The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E06 The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man