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For those of you not up to speed, the 10 second version of why we\u00a0can’t stand\u00a0Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes dates back a few months to a grossly slanted piece that amounted to Stahl’s stacking the story to “prove” that traditional real estate brokerages are stupid swindlers even if they discount and\u00a0turned the article into a free PR piece for\u00a0Redfin (the west coast based\u00a0“revolutionary” rebate real estate firm).<\/p>\n