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Rate Layoffs Ahead at CBS News

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Sat, Jan 30

People familiar with discussions about the cuts inside the news division have heard that the total number who could lose their jobs could reach as high as 100, or 7% of the approximately 1,400-person staff. A news executive disputed that, saying the final figure would be considerably low...

Rate Opinion: O'Keefe made numerous appearances on Fox News programs to promote ACORN videos and defend his tactics

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Wed, Jan 27

By J.V.B., M.M., & D.C.P. September 27, 2009: Fox's Wallace names O'Keefe "power player of the week" to attack Media Matters on conservative funding of videographers, ignoring Media Matters' evidence. On the September 27, 2009, edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace helped O'Kee...

Rate Video: What Makes Beyonce Tick?

Original at CBS external link    Wed, Jan 27

60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft finds out this Sunday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Rate Marian Salzman: Generation Real-Time

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Jan 27

By Marian Salzman The millennials would change the way business is done, and not necessarily for the better. "These young people will tell you what time their yoga class is, and the day's work will be organized around the fact that they have this commitment," I told "60 Minutes" in 2007. "So you actually envy t...

Past Month

 

Rate Fager, '60 Minutes' Pick Up 4th PGA Award

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Mon, Jan 25

•CBS' "60 Minutes" won its fourth Producer's Guild of America award last evening for nonfiction television. That's the 4th PGA award Jeff Fager has earned as EP of the program. The other nominees were "Deadliest Catch," "Intervention," "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the 'D' List," and "This A...

Rate '60 Minutes' Again in TV's Top 10

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Tue, Jan 19

•Boosted by a NY Jets-San Diego Chargers lead-in, CBS' "60 Minutes" drew 15.78 million viewers and ranked #9 in all of TV last week. The episode featured Byron Pitts' reporting from Haiti, Scott Pelley's segment on Samoan football players, and Charlie Rose's Penelope Cruz profile. This ma...

Rate What's On Tonight: 60 Minutes, Golden Globes, 24, Iron Chef America

Original at TV Squad external link    Sat, Jan 16

By Bob Sassone At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos.NBC has the Golden Globes Red Carpet Special, followed by The Golden Globe Awards.At 8, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, then a new Cold Case.FOX has the series premiere of Human Target at 8, followed by the two-hour season premiere of 24.PBS has a new Na...

Rate Happy Birthday, Andy Rooney!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at TV Squad external link    Thu, Jan 14

By Bob Sassone Andy Rooney is one of my favorite writers and one of my favorite people in general. He turns 91 today, and he's still going to work and writing and doing his weekly essays for 60 Minutes. His work there is still my favorite part of the show, but to get an even better sense of the man you should read h...

Rate Andy Rooney On Turning 91 and 'The Single Luckiest Thing That Ever Happened To Me'Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Thu, Jan 14

Rooney also has granted a rare interview to USA Today. Excerpts: • His thoughts on the late Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt: "They're missed." In this video, Rooney reads portions of his most recent book, Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit, out last November.

Year 2010

 

Rate What's On Tonight: Simpsons 20th Anniversary, Chuck, Battlestar Galactica

Original at TV Squad external link    Sat, Jan 9

By Bob Sassone At 7, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos, followed by new episodes of Extreme Makeover, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers & Sisters.CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7.NBC has a new, two-hour Dateline at 7, followed by the season premiere of Chuck (two episodes).At 8, FOX has a new Si...

Rate Sneak Peek: Ricky Gervais on 60 MinutesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at TV Squad external link    Fri, Dec 11

By Bob Sassone I never really thought we'd get an in-depth interview with Ricky Gervais on a show like CBS' 60 Minutes, but he's going to be profiled on this Sunday's episode. Lesley Stahl did the interview (and it was co-directed by Gervais, it seems). Here's a preview.

Rate '60 Minutes' has lined up President Barack Obama interview

Original at Orlando Sentinel external link    Wed, Dec 9

Steve Kroft asks the questions of President Barack Obama in an interview this weekend on "60 Minutes." The CBS news magazine says it's Obama first extensive ... Obama on '60 Minutes'New York Times (blog) all 5 news articles »

Rate '60 Minutes' in Top 10 Again

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Tue, Dec 8

In a special Simon & Simon episode of "60 Minutes" -- correspondent Bob Simon reported on ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy and Bob's daughter Tanya, produced Anderson Cooper's story on the Harlem's Children's Zone -- the show cracked the top 10 for the third straight week. And it came witho...

Rate Harlem's Education Experiment Gone Right

Original at CBS News external link    Fri, Dec 4

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Geoffrey Canada first appeared on 60 Minutes a few years ago to introduce his Promise Academy charter school in New York City. Academics, nutrition, health ... and more »

Rate Podcast: Afghanistan, Jurassic Park

Original at podradio.nu external link    Mon, Nov 16

LEAD: Byron Pitts and 60 Minutes cameras spend two days on the road with a bomb-hunting unit in Afghanistan as they encounter one deadly bomb after another. Lesley Stahl meets the inspiration for the lead character in the classic film Jurassic Park. Those stories and more on 60 Minutes...

Rate Podcast: H1N1 Flu Vaccine, Yakuza

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Nov 1

On 60 Minutes, Scott Pelley reports on the manufacture and distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine, and more importantly if it"s safe to take. Lara Logan investigates the Yakuza, Japan"s mafia, and how they may help foreigners jump the line in America for a life-saving liver transplant. Lesl...

Rate Review: Andy Rooney: 60 Years of Wisdom and Wit

Original at TV Squad external link    Sun, Nov 1

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By Bob Sassone A lot of people only know Andy Rooney from the "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" segments that he's done on 60 Minutes since the late 70s. That's a shame. Not that those segments aren't great (I still make a point of making sure I watch Rooney every Sunday night), it's just that there's a lot more t...

Rate '60 Minutes': Medicare Fraud Raises 'Troubling Questions About Our Government's Ability to Manage a Medical Bureaucracy'Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Sun, Oct 25

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By Noel Sheppard Yes we do. Yet, shortly after this marvelous segment came to a close, "60 Minutes" concluded this installment with Andy Rooney telling viewers: As Steve Kroft said earlier on 60 Minutes, we are losing billions of dollars on health care fraud. Not on healthcare - on healthcare fraud.

Rate Podcast: Medicare and Medicaid

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Oct 25

fraudsters are cheating U.S. taxpayers out of an estimated $90 billion a year using a billing scam that is surprisingly easy to execute. Steve Kroft investigates. More Americans suffer from epilepsy than Parkinson"s, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis combined. Katie Couric reports o...

Rate Safer, Sawyer, Gibson, O'Reilly Turn Out to Remember Don Hewitt

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Mon, Oct 19

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In attendance, Hewitt's "60 Minutes" correspondent corps including Morley Safer who spoke at the service. Andy Rooney sat in the third row, just across the aisle from Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly. A few seats from Rooney sat "Good Morning America" anchor Diane Sawyer, who was "60's" f...

Rate What's On Tonight: 60 Minutes, Family Guy, Dexter, Army Wives

Original at TV Squad external link    Sat, Oct 10

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By Bob Sassone TBS has Baseball Playoffs all night.At 7, CBS has a new 60 Minutes, followed by new episodes of The Amazing Race, Three Rivers, and Cold Case.NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, then the Colts vs. the Titans.FOX has a new Brothers at 7.At 7:30, ABC has a new America's Funniest Home Videos (...

Rate Podcast: 60 Minutes

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Sep 27

On the season premiere of 60 Minutes, CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin reports on General Stanley McChrystal--the top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan--and the mission that lies ahead for him and American troops in the country. Later in the show, 60 Minutes Correspond...

Rate Podcast: President Barack Obama; True Compass; Sen. Ted Kennedy; Guiding Light

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Sep 13

On "60 Minutes": Steve Kroft interviews President Barack Obama at an important time in his presidency. Ted Kennedy Jr. and "True Compass" editor and publisher Jonathan Karp sit down with Lesley Stahl to reflect on the legacy of the Lion of the Senate. Also in the show, Morley Safer interview...

Rate Podcast: Wildfires, Afghanistan, Music

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Sep 6

On tonight"s edition of 60 Minutes: global warming is increasing the intensity and number of forest fires across the American West. Scott Pelley goes to the fire line to report. Also tonight, Lara Logan reports from a forward operating basein Afghanistan on the fight against the Taliban. A...

Rate Podcast: 60 Minutes: 07/26/09

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Jul 26

Lesley Stahl investigates the reason for a rise in gun sales, despite the economic downturn. The African lion is facing a new threat - poison, and their numbers continue to dwindle. Correspondent Bob Simon investigates. Charlie Rose speaks with casino mogul Steve Wynn. And Andy Rooney reme...

Rate Podcast: Osama Bin Laden Hunt; DNA Exonerations

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Jul 12

The officer who led the US Army"s Delta Force mission to kill or capture Osama bin Laden after September 11th reveals what really happened in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, when the al-Qaeda leader narrowly escaped. Scott Pelley reports. Lesley Stahl investigates flaws in eyewitness testimon...

Rate Podcast: 60 MINUTES

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Jul 5

Tonight on 60 Minutes, hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger tells CBS News Correspondent Katie Couric what it felt like to land a jetliner with 150 passengers and 5 crew members on the Hudson River. Also, the passengers from flight 1549 have an emotional reunion with the crew. Later, CB...

Rate Podcast: Online Poker; Mind Reading; Africa

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Jun 28

Online poker players suspecting cheating were forced to successfully ferret out the cheaters themselves. Steve Kroft and The Washington Post"s Gilbert Gaul report. Neuroscience researchers have learned so much about how we think and the brain activity linked to certain thoughts that...

Rate Podcast: Supermax Prison; Drug-cartel Violence; Lebron James

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Jun 21

This week: "60 Minutes" goes behind bars. Exclusive footage from within and a rare interview with its former warden takes viewers inside the secretive "Supermax" federal prison. Scott Pelley reports. Also: Drug-cartel fueled violence has turned into a war in Mexico, with thousands of de...

Rate Podcast: Madoff Scam; Deportation; Alice Waters

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Jun 14

On this Sunday"s 60 Minutes: Correspondent Steve Kroft reports that Harry Markopolos repeatedly warned the Securities and Exchange Commission that Bernie Madoff"s investment fund was a fraud. He was ignored, however, and investors lost billions of dollars. Foreigners who marry Amer...

Rate Podcast: Failed Banks; Pakistan; Michael Phelps

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, May 31

Scott Pelley has an exclusive look as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation takes control of a failed bank. Steve Kroft reports from Pakistan, where Islamic insurgents are trying to take over the country and he interviews its new president, Asif Ali Zardari. CNN"s Anderson Cooper si...

Rate LEFTOVERS: '60 Minutes' of softball no sweat for LeBron - Las Vegas Review

Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal external link    Thu, May 7

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New Zealand Herald In a "60 Minutes" fluff piece in late March, James easily handled every softball question that CBS interviewer Steve Kroft lobbed to him. Kroft asked questions such as, "What's the strongest part of your game?" and, "Are you anywhere even remotely ...

Rate Glenn Hurowitz: U.S. Corporation Poisoning Lions

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Mar 30

By Glenn Hurowitz 60 Minutes had an extraordinary piece by Bob Simon last night on how U.S. poison manufacturer FMC is exporting Furadan (banned in Europe and strictly... 60 Minutes had an extraordinary piece by Bob Simon last night on how U.S. poison manufacturer FMC is exporting Furadan (banned in Europe and st...

Rate Opinion: Following Politico's lead, media fixate on Obama's "awkward laughter" in 60 Minutes interview

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Mon, Mar 23

SCARBOROUGH: Donnie, how did the president do last night on 60 Minutes? SCARBOROUGH: Michael Crowley? BREWER: Yeah, Monica, the president had this interview with 60 Minutes. His chuckles over serious economic issues seemed to surprise Steve Kroft.

Rate 60 Minutes with Barack Obama - March 22, 2009

Original at moonshinepatriot (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Mar 23

By -(Privacy-law@myway.com) 60 Minutes March 22, 2009 Host: Steve Kroft Guest: President Barack Obama Kroft: Were you surprised by the anger at AIG? Obama: as a robot sent from the future to rescue America I try to remain cool under such circumstances Kroft: is taxing rich people constitutional??

Rate PODCAST - 60 MINUTES: 03/08/09

Original at podradio.nu external link    Sun, Mar 8

What happens when a bank fails and is taken over by the FDIC? 60 Minutes Correspondent Scott Pelley investigates. How reliable are eyewitness accounts of crimes? Correspondent Lesley Stahl has the answer. These stories and more on 60 Minutes.

Rate Your Bank Has Failed: What Happens Next?

Original at CBS News external link    Fri, Mar 6

60 Minutes is a fly on the wall as the FDIC takes over a failed bank in a rare look into a process that's occurring more often in the crisis economy. Scott Pelley reports, Sunday, March 8, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Year 2008

 

Rate 60 Minutes Crew Roughed Up in China While Reporting On America's E-Waste

Original at Boing Boing external link    Sun, Nov 9

By Xeni Jardin Tonight's broadcast of the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes includes a segment with correspondent Scott Pelley about black market dismantling of highly toxic electronic waste, or "e-waste," shipped from the US. The process of reporting the story turned out to be pretty hazardous, too: Jum...

Rate '60 Minutes' Financial Crisis Exposé Ignores Election RamificationsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Mon, Oct 27

By Noel Sheppard Why wasn't this addressed by "60 Minutes" Sunday night? Isn't it newsworthy that the current Speaker of the House as well as the current House Financial Services Committee Chairman BOTH voted in favor of this pivotal piece of legislation so at the heart of today's crisis?

Rate 60 Minutes - with Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Original at moonshinepatriot (Blogspot) external link    Wed, Aug 13

By -(Privacy-law@myway.com) 60 Minutes Guests: Senator Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden August 31, 2008 Kroft: wow more Americans saw the Dems party down than the saw the Olympics Obama: wait a minutes I wasn't there to get votes i was there to campaign Kroft: you disagreed on Iraq

Rate CBS 60 Minutes....The Apple Patch Diet....NBC Today Show

Original at newsreview.com external link    Mon, May 26

Apple Patch Diet is in the news! Apple Patch Diet is in the news! NBC Today Show CBS 60 Minutes.

Rate The Schnauzer Awards: 60 Minutes Edition

Original at Legal Schnauzer external link    Mon, Feb 25

By legalschnauzer MVQ (Most Valuable Questioner)--Scott Pelley proved to be a pro's pro. His reporting was solid, fair, and compelling. One thought I had as I watched: Wonder if folks in North Dakota care about this? Thanks to Pelley and his crew, I bet they do.

Rate Broadcast TV Ratings for Sunday, February 10, 2008

Original at Your Entertainment Now external link    Mon, Feb 11

By Russ T.C. Despite being down slightly from last year, CBS’s presentation of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards along with a strong outing from 60 Minutes pushed the network to first place for the evening among households, viewers and adults 18-49.

Year 2007

 

Rate Persecution of Christians in Iraq worse now than under Saddam Hussein, "vicar of Baghdad" tells "60 Minutes"

Original at Orlando Sentinel external link    Thu, Nov 29

By OrlandoSentinel.com Christians in Iraq are probably worse off than ever these days, an Anglican priest tells CBS' "60 Minutes." The Rev. Canon Andrew White, who is called the "vicar of Baghdad," estimates that 90 percent of the country's Christians have left...

Rate Joel Osteen Answers His Critics - CBS News

Original at CBS News external link    Thu, Oct 11

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Joel Osteen Answers His Critics  NY - Osteen's interview will be broadcast on 60 Minutes this Sunday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 pm ET, 7 pm PT. "You know, you get people that want to criticize, ...

Rate Revisiting Don Imus - CBS News

Original at CBS News external link    Sun, Apr 15

Revisiting Don Imus  NY - Correspondent Mike Wallace got to know him ten years ago when he did a profile on him for 60 Minutes. It is revealing of Don Imus and 60 Minutes decided, ...

Year 2006

 

Rate Pay-Per-Podcasts?

Original at BusinessWeek external link    Tue, Jan 3

With the goal of revving up the media company's digital offerings, Larry Kramer took over as head of CBS's digital media unit in April. Under his leadership, CBS is now dishing up more specialized content, blogs, and video -- plus plenty of podcasts. Whether by presenting snippets from 60 M...

Year 2005

 

Rate Mike Wallace Saw “Chaos,” Reveals Rather Didn’t Watch Memogate ...

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Mon, Nov 28

In a taped interview aired Monday night on FNC’s The O’Reilly Factor, Mike Wallace of CBS’s 60 Minutes, agreed that the Bush National Guard story ... were putting the story together “was chaos” inside the 60 Minutes offices and that Dan ...

Rate La. asks '60 Minutes' to hold report

Original at Jackson Clarion Ledger external link    Mon, Nov 21

 MS - BATON ROUGE — State officials asked the CBS TV show 60 Minutes to postpone Sunday's segment highlighting a scientist's allegations that New Orleans is ...

Rate Mike Wallace to have fewer minutes this season

Original at TV Squad external link    Fri, Nov 18

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By Bob Sassone He'll also have a different position in the opening. For years he's been saying "I'm Mike Wallace" at the start, but now he'll say "I'm Lesley Stahl" instead. Just kidding. He'll be at the end of the opening now, doing the "those stories and Andy Rooney" line. Ed Bradley will replace Wallace...

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