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The Right to Be Wrong | AMLO | Law of the Sea
TV Flash files “The Right to Be Wrong | AMLO | Law of the Sea” as hour 696 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 23, aired 2024-03-24, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E23: listed hour 696 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 23 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2024-03-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Capital of Free Russia | Healing Justice” (S56E22). Next is “Targeting Americans | Indian Relay” (S56E24). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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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.
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Where does The Right to Be Wrong | AMLO | Law of the Sea sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E23 is listed hour 696 of 767 — hour 23 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 23.
When did 60 Minutes S56E23 air?
The Right to Be Wrong | AMLO | Law of the Sea aired 2024-03-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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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