The consequences of Steve Bannon's ideas need to be interrogated, not just his words | Jason Wilson

The ABC was wrong to believe that through an interview alone Bannon could be held to account

In his interview with Sarah Ferguson on the ABC, Steve Bannon sought to distance himself from the openly neo-Nazi far right, blaming their surge on the dreaded mainstream media. With extraordinary chutzpah, he said, “they’ve given a bunch of marginal, dangerous people a platform”.

By this point Bannon, who has himself become more marginal (having lost his perches in the White House and at Breitbart) but is still dangerous (given his record in those positions), had already been given a significant pass by his interviewer.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2PExiCT