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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...

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...

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

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...

•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...

•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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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 »

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...

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 »

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 (...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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??

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.

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.

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...

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?

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

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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.

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.

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...

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, ...

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, ...

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...

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 ...

 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 ...

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...