‘Murderous War Criminal’: ‘60 Minutes’ Ripped For Segment on Ex-Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher

CBS’ “60 Minutes” is receiving backlash and reprimands from netizens over its Sunday broadcast of a story featuring former US Navy SEAL and accused war criminal Eddie Gallagher.

Just months after US President Donald Trump intervened in the trial of Gallagher, the ex-Navy SEAL appeared on “60 Minutes” to discuss his past misconduct and show off his “glory wall” collection of military memorabilia – including the knife that was at the center of a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigation.

Despite the graphic photo showing him holding the teenager’s partially severed head with his right hand and a knife in his left hand, he told “60 Minutes” correspondent David Martin that he did not stab the Daesh fighter. Gallagher argued that the image was a trophy photo.

“They ran a test on the knife, the sheath. No blood anywhere on it. And if you look at the picture close, there’s no blood on the knife. There’s no blood anywhere on me,” the accused war criminal said.

Rowaida Abdelaziz of the HuffPost also called out the outlet’s decision to give airtime to the accused war criminal.

Gallagher and “60 Minutes” quickly became trending topics that extended into Monday among netizens on Twitter.

Prior to his “60 Minutes” interview, Gallagher took aim at his fellow Navy SEAL officers in a January social media video that highlighted the names and information of witnesses who testified against him in the NCIS trial. The video’s description on Instagram simply read “#thetruthiscoming” – possibly alluding to his appearance on the CBS program.

Sourse: sputniknews.com