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This article is about the CBS news magazine. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. For the unit of time, see hour. The hour (symbol h) is a unit of Time. It is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI For other uses, see 60 Minutes (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the BBC news magazine program Sixty Minutes (TV series). In the United Kingdom, Sixty Minutes was a BBC news and current affairs programme which ran each Daily evening from 1740 between 24 October 1983 to 27
60 Minutes
Format Newsmagazine
Created by Don Hewitt
Starring See Correspondents below
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Jeff Fager
Running time 42 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 24, 1968 – Present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

60 Minutes is an investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968. A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly Magazine featuring articles or segments on current events Don S Hewitt (born Donald Hewitt, December 14 1922) is an American television news producer and executive best known for creating The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Jeff Fager (born December 10 1954 is the executive producer of 60 Minutes, the hour-long CBS news magazine created in 1968 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly Magazine featuring articles or segments on current events The United States of America —commonly referred to as the CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. The program was created by long time producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. Don S Hewitt (born Donald Hewitt, December 14 1922) is an American television news producer and executive best known for creating It has been among the top-rated TV programs for much of its life, and has garnered numerous awards over the years. It is considered by many to be the preeminent investigative television program in the United States. The fall of 2008 will see the program's 40th anniversary, and it currently holds the record for the longest running program of any genre scheduled during American network prime time; the longer-running Meet the Press has also aired in prime time, but not continually as 60 Minutes has done. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC.

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History

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Since the late-70s, the opening features the Aristo stopwatch[1]. Since October 29, 2006, the background changed to white.

The inspiration of the show came from the controversial Canadian news program This Hour Has Seven Days, which ran from 1964 to 1966. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This Hour Has Seven Days was a controversial CBC Television Newsmagazine which ran from 1964 to 1966

Initially, 60 Minutes aired as a bi-weekly show hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, debuting on September 24, 1968 and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings. Harry Reasoner (born April 17, 1923, Dakota City Iowa; died August 6, 1991, Westport Connecticut) was an American Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don Hewitt, who had been a producer of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, sought out Wallace as a stylistic contrast to Reasoner (Madsen, 14). CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. Walter Leland Cronkite Jr (born November 4 1916) is a retired American broadcast journalist, best known as Anchorman for the According to one historian of the show, the idea of the format was to make the hosts the reporters, to always feature stories that were of national importance but focused upon individuals involved with, or in conflict with, those issues, and to limit the reports' airtime to around thirteen minutes (Madsen 14). However, the initial season was troubled by lack of network confidence.

Morley Safer joined the team in 1970, and he took over the task of reporting less aggressive stories. Morley Safer (born November 8, 1931) is a Reporter and Correspondent for CBS News. However, when Richard Nixon began targeting press access and reporting, even Safer began to do "hard" investigative reports, and that year alone 60 Minutes reported on cluster bombs, the South Vietnamese Army, Canada's amnesty for American draft dodgers, Nigeria, the Middle East, and Northern Ireland (Madsen 15). Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air-dropped or ground-launched munitions that eject a number of smaller submunitions a cluster of bomblets The Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of In 1983, Safer's report, "Lenell Geter's in Jail," single-handedly freed from prison the Texan who was wrongly convicted of armed robbery, and is, to this day, one of the program's crowning achievements.

In 1971, the "Point/Counterpoint" segment was introduced, featuring James J. Kilpatrick and Nicholas von Hoffman (later Shana Alexander), a three-minute debate between spokespeople for the political right and left, respectively. James J Kilpatrick (b November 1, 1920) is an American Columnist and Grammarian. Nicholas von Hoffman (born October 16, 1929 in New York City is an American Journalist and author of German-Russian extraction descendant of Shana Alexander ( October 6 1925 – June 23 2005)was an American Journalist. Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal This segment pioneered a format that would later be adapted by CNN for its Crossfire show. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner crossfire (also known as "interlocking fire" is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as machine guns so that their arcs of fire overlap This ran until 1979, when Andy Rooney, whose commentaries were already alternating with the debate segment since the fall of 1978, replaced it; Rooney remains with the program today. Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (born January 14, 1919) is an American Radio and Television writer

By 1971, the FCC introduced the Prime Time Access Rule, which freed local network affiliates in the top 50 markets (in practice, the entire network) to take a half hour of prime time from the networks on Mondays through Saturdays and one full hour on Sundays. The Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR was instituted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC to restrict the amount of network programming that local Television stations Because nearly all affiliates found production costs for the FCC's intended goal of increased public affairs programming very high and the ratings (thus advertising revenues) low, making it mostly unprofitable, the FCC created an exception for network-authored news and public affairs. After a six-month hiatus in late 1971, CBS thus found a prime place for 60 Minutes in a portion of that displaced time, 6-7 p. m. (Eastern time) on Sundays, in January 1972 (Madsen 15). The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America

This proved somewhat less than satisfactory, however, as, especially during the fall when CBS broadcast late National Football League games, 60 Minutes got preempted fairly frequently; football telecasts were protected contractually from interruptions in the wake of the infamous "Heidi Game" incident on NBC in November 1968. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. In American football, the Heidi Game (often also called "The Heidi Bowl" refers to a famous American Football League (AFL game between the New York The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Other sporting events such as golf tournaments occasionally caused this problem also. Nonetheless, the program's hard-hitting reports attracted a steadily growing audience, particularly during the waning days of the Vietnam War and the gripping events of the Watergate scandal; at that time, few if any other major-network news shows did in-depth investigative reporting to the degree carried out by 60 Minutes. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's Eventually, during the summers of 1973 through 1975, CBS did allow the show back onto the prime time schedule proper, on Fridays in 1973 and Sundays the two years thereafter.

It was only when the FCC returned an hour to the networks on Sundays (for children's/family or news programming), taken away from them four years earlier, in a 1975 amendment to the Access Rule that CBS finally found a viable permanent timeslot for 60 Minutes. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. When a family-oriented drama, Three for the Road, ended after a 13-week run in the fall, the newsmagazine took its place at 7/6 p. m. in December. It has aired at that time since, for over 32 years, making 60 Minutes not only the longest-running prime time program currently in production, but also the television program (excluding daily programs such as evening newscasts or breakfast shows) broadcasting for the longest length of time at a single time period each week in U. S. television history.

This move made the program into a strong ratings hit and, eventually, a general cultural phenomenon. Within the first season, 60 Minutes became the top-rated show on Sunday nights in the U. S. By 1979, it had achieved the number-one Nielsen rating for all television programs. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television This success translated into great profits for CBS; advertising rates went from $17,000 per thirty seconds in 1975 to $175,000 in 1982 (Madsen 17).

In 1979, Channel 9 in Australia licensed a spin-off of 60 Minutes, complete with ticking clock and format, and, later, New Zealand followed suit with its own 60 Minutes. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island 60 Minutes is the name of a Television Newsmagazine show currently broadcast in New Zealand on TV3.

At 89 years old, Mike Wallace is not only the oldest television personality today (being four months older than Helen Wagner), but one who has lasted the longest with one news show continuously, having been a part of 60 Minutes since its inception in 1968. Helen Wagner (born September 3, 1918) is an American actress. On March 14, 2006, Wallace announced his retirement from 60 Minutes after 37 years with the program. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He continues to work for CBS News as a "Correspondent Emeritus".

As of 2008, 60 Minutes is the only regularly scheduled television program in American television history not to have used any type of theme music. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. The only theme sound is from the signature Aristo stopwatch in the opening title credits, before each commercial break, and at the tail-end of the closing credits. A stopwatch is a handheld Timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated to when the piece is deactivated

60 Minutes is also aired via CBS Radio on several of their radio stations at the same time as the television broadcast, such as WCBS-AM, KNX, WBBM-AM, WWJ, and several other stations across the country owned by CBS. This article is about the radio group for the radio network see CBS Radio Network. WCBS (880 kHz often referred to as "WCBS Newsradio 880", is a Radio station in New York City. KNX (1070 kHz is an all-news radio station in Los Angeles California, USA WBBM (AM also known on-air as "Newsradio 780" is an all-news CBS Radio station in Chicago Illinois broadcasting on the AM WWJ (Newsradio 950 is Detroit, Michigan 's only 24-hour All-news radio station An audio version of the full show is also distributed via podcast and the iTunes Store, beginning with the September 23, 2007 progam [2]. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download The iTunes Store is a software-based online Digital media store operated by Apple Inc

Format

The format of 60 Minutes consists of three long-form news stories, without superimposed graphics. The stories are introduced from a set which has a backdrop resembling a magazine story on the same topic. The show undertakes its own investigations and follows up on investigations instigated by national newspapers and other sources.

Many topics center on allegations of wrongdoing and corruption on the part of corporations, politicians, and other public officials. Said figures are commonly either subjected to an interview, or evade contact with the 60 Minutes crew altogether, either by written notice or by simply fleeing from the approaching journalist and his camera crew. Instead of summarizing an interview or providing direct commentary on an issue, 60 Minutes prefers to air the interview itself. When the subject is hiding a secret, the viewers witness the evasion directly.

The show also features profiles. The profiles are occasionally of celebrities and offer up a biography of the figure, focusing upon the celebrity's early life story, obstacles, and choices, rather than offering a simple publicity platform. A biography (from the Greek words bíos (βίος meaning "life" and gráphein (γράφειν meaning "to write" is an account Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public's perception of a subject Non-celebrity profiles usually feature a person who has accomplished an heroic action or striven to improve the world.

In tone, 60 Minutes blends the probing journalism of the seminal 1950s CBS series See It Now with Edward R. Murrow (a show for which Hewitt was the director its first few years) and the personality profiles of another Murrow program, Person to Person. See It Now was a television Newsmagazine and documentary broadcast by CBS in the 1950s Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist In Hewitt's own words, 60 Minutes blends "higher Murrow" and "lower Murrow. "

For most of the 1970s, the program included the Point/Counterpoint segment in which a liberal and a conservative commentator would debate a particular issue. This originally featured James J. Kilpatrick representing the conservative side and Nicholas von Hoffman for the liberal, with Shana Alexander taking over for von Hoffman after he departed in 1974. Nicholas von Hoffman (born October 16, 1929 in New York City is an American Journalist and author of German-Russian extraction descendant of Shana Alexander ( October 6 1925 – June 23 2005)was an American Journalist. Although discontinued in 1979, when Andy Rooney, who had previously left the show with Harry Reasoner, returned to offer commentary, the segment was an innovation that caught the public imagination as a live version of competing editorials. Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (born January 14, 1919) is an American Radio and Television writer An editorial, leader (UK or leading article (UK is an article in a Newspaper or Magazine that expresses the opinion of the Editor Point/Counterpoint was also lampooned by the NBC comedy series Saturday Night Live, which featured Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd as debaters, with Aykroyd typically beginning his remarks with, "Jane, you ignorant slut", and in the motion picture Airplane!, in which the faux Kilpatrick argues in favor of the plane crashing. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6 1947 is an Emmy Award - and Golden Globe -winning as well as 8-time Emmy Award-nominated American Actress Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American Airplane! is a 1980 American Comedy film directed and written by David Zucker Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker.

A similar concept was revived briefly in March 2003, this time featuring Bob Dole and Bill Clinton, former opponents in the 1996 presidential election. Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22 1923 is an attorney and retired United States Senator from Kansas from 1969–1996 serving part of that time William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice The pair agreed to do ten segments, which were called "Clinton/Dole" and "Dole/Clinton" in alternating weeks, but did not continue into the fall television season. Reports indicated that the segments were considered too gentlemanly, in the style of the earlier Point/Counterpoint, and lacked the feistiness of Crossfire. [3]

Since 1979, the show has usually ended with a (usually light-hearted or humorous) commentary by Andy Rooney expounding on topics of wildly varying import, ranging from international politics, to economics, and to personal philosophy on every-day life. One recurring topic has been measuring the amount of coffee in coffee cans. [4] Rooney's pieces, particularly one in which he referred to actor Mel Gibson as a "wacko," have on occasion led to complaints from viewers. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956

On Sunday, October 29, 2006, the opening sequence changed from a black background to white. The black background had been used for over a decade.

Correspondents

Clockwise from top left: Rooney, Pelley, Couric, Kroft, Safer, Simon and Stahl
Clockwise from top left: Rooney, Pelley, Couric, Kroft, Safer, Simon and Stahl

Mike Wallace is perhaps the iconic representation of the style of journalism for which the show is known and has been on the show since its inception in 1968. Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Wallace retired in 2006, but remains as Correspondent Emeritus and retains an office at CBS News Headquarters.

The program's correspondents and commentators have included:

Part-time:


Past correspondents

Commentators

Since 1978, Andy Rooney has contributed a commentary at the end of episodes. Morley Safer (born November 8, 1931) is a Reporter and Correspondent for CBS News. Steve Kroft (born August 22, 1945) is an American Journalist and a longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes. Lesley Rene Stahl In 1977 Stahl married author Aaron Latham. The couple currently lives in New York. Bob Simon (born May 29 1941 is a CBS News television correspondent Scott Pelley (born July 28, 1957) is an American television journalist, currently working as a Correspondent for the CBS News Lara Logan (born March 29, 1971) is a television and radio Journalist and War correspondent. Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3 1967 is an American Emmy Award -winning Journalist, author and television personality Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr ( June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American Journalist, best known for 26 years Mike Wallace (born Myron Leon Wallace on May 9, 1918) is an American journalist. Harry Reasoner (born April 17, 1923, Dakota City Iowa; died August 6, 1991, Westport Connecticut) was an American Christiane Amanpour, CBE, (born January 12, 1958) ( کریستین امان‌پور is the chief international correspondent for CNN. Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather Jr (born October 31, 1931) is a journalist and former news anchor for the CBS Evening News Lily Diane Sawyer (born December 19, 1945) is a Television Reporter for ABC and co-anchor of its morning news show Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American Journalist, Television personality, and Game show host Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (born January 14, 1919) is an American Radio and Television writer Other commentators include:

Ratings and recognition

Based on ratings, 60 Minutes is the most successful broadcast in U. James J Kilpatrick (b November 1, 1920) is an American Columnist and Grammarian. Shana Alexander ( October 6 1925 – June 23 2005)was an American Journalist. Nicholas von Hoffman (born October 16, 1929 in New York City is an American Journalist and author of German-Russian extraction descendant of William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22 1923 is an attorney and retired United States Senator from Kansas from 1969–1996 serving part of that time Stanley Crouch (born December 14, 1945, Los Angeles) is an American music and cultural Critic, syndicated Columnist, and Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins ( August 30 1944 &ndash January 31 2007) was a Populist American newspaper Columnist Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo Ohio) is a conservative American political satirist, journalist S. television history. For five of its seasons it has been that year's top program, a feat only matched by the sitcoms All in the Family and The Cosby Show. All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 It was a top ten show for 23 seasons in a row (1977-2000), an unsurpassed record. [7]

60 Minutes first broke into the Ratings Top 20 during the 1976-77 season. The following season it was the fourth-most-watched show, and by 1979-80, it was the number one show. [7] During the 21st century it remains among the top 20 programs in the Nielsen Ratings, and the highest-rated news magazine. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television [8]

CBS has been the recipient of numerous awards, including Peabody Awards for the segments "All in the Family", an investigation into abuses by government and military contractors; "The CIA's Cocaine", which uncovered CIA involvement in drug smuggling; "Friendly Fire", a report on incidents of friendly fire in the Gulf War; and "Duke Rape Suspects Speak Out", the first interviews with the suspects in the 2006 Duke University lacrosse team scandal. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting Friendly fire or non-hostile fire, a term originally adopted by the United States military, refers to fire from one's own side or allied forces as The 2006 Duke University lacrosse case was a Scandal that started in March 2006 when Crystal Gail Mangum an African American Stripper and escort [9] They received an Investigative Reporter and Editor medal for their segment "The Osprey", documenting a Marine coverup of deadly flaws in the V-22 Osprey aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In 2007, 60 Minutes received twelve Emmy Awards nominations. [10]

Controversies

The show has been praised for landmark journalism and received many awards. However, it has also become embroiled in some controversy, including:

William Westmoreland

In the 1982 "The Uncounted Enemy, a Vietnam Deception," which Mike Wallace narrated for CBS Reports, the news division's documentary program, it was reported that William Westmoreland, former commander of American military operations in the Vietnam War, withheld information from decision-makers in Washington for political reasons. William C Westmoreland ( March 26, 1914 &ndash July 18, 2005) was an American General who commanded American military The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Westmoreland held a press conference a few days later, calling it a 'preposterous hoax,' and eventually sued for libel. TV Guide issued a report called 'Anatomy of a Smear,' detailing problems with the report, including the ignoring of contrary evidence, and video editing to change the questions Westmoreland is asked. TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about television programming Westmoreland withdrew the suit a few days before the protracted case was given to the jury. He and CBS News issued a joint statement in which CBS said it "does not believe that General Westmoreland was unpatriotic or disloyal in performing his duties as he saw them. " Westmoreland claimed a victory; CBS, in a separate statement, said nothing in the trial changed its stance that the report was "fair and accurate. "

Unintended acceleration

On November 23, 1986, 60 Minutes aired a segment greenlit by Don Hewitt, concerning the Audi 5000 automobile, a popular German luxury car. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Audi 100 is a Mid-sized Automobile from Audi (part of the Volkswagen Group) made between 1968 and 1994 The story concerned a number of incidents where the car purportedly accelerated without warning while parked, injuring or killing people. 60 Minutes was unable to duplicate this behavior, and so hired an outside consultant to modify the transmission to behave in this manner, and aired a story about it.

The incident devastated Audi sales in the United States, which did not reach the same level for another fifteen years. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The initial incidents which prompted the report were found by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Transport Canada to have been attributable to operator error, where car owners had depressed the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ( NHTSA, often pronounced "nit-suh" is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing Regulations, Policies and services CBS issued a partial retraction, without acknowledging the test results of involved government agencies. [11]

A rival to 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, would be found guilty of similar tactics years later regarding fuel tank integrity on General Motors pickup trucks. Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a US weekly television Newsmagazine broadcast by NBC similar to ABC 's General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States.

Alar

In February, 1989 60 Minutes aired a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council claiming health problems with Alar, a chemical sprayed on apples. The Natural Resource Defense Council ( NRDC) is a New York City -based Non-profit, Non-partisan international environmental Advocacy Apple sales dropped and CBS was sued by apple growers. [12]

Werner Erhard

A 60 Minutes broadcast of March 3, 1991 dealt with controversies involving Werner Erhard's personal and business life. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Werner Hans Erhard The general public associates his name primarily with the programs he created the " est Training " (1971 – 1983 One year after the 60 Minutes piece aired, Erhard filed a lawsuit against CBS and a variety of other defendants, claiming that the broadcast contained several "false, misleading and defamatory" statements about Erhard. Erhard dropped the lawsuit a few months before any court decision had been reached on its claims. [13] The 60 Minutes segment was made unavailable with the disclaimer: "This segment has been deleted at the request of CBS News for legal or copyright reasons. "[14]

Brown and Williamson

In 1995, former Brown and Williamson (B&W) Vice President for Research and Development Jeffrey Wigand provided information to 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman that B&W had systematically hidden the health risks of their cigarettes. Brown & Williamson was an American Tobacco company and subsidiary of the giant British American Tobacco, that produced several popular Cigarette Dr Jeffrey S Wigand (ˈwaɪgænd (born December 17 1942) is a former Vice President of Research and Development at Brown & Williamson Lowell Bergman (born July 24, 1945, in New York City He is an investigative reporter with The New York Times and a producer/correspondent A cigarette ( French "small Cigar " from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through Smoking and manufactured (See transcription. ) Furthermore, it was alleged that B&W had introduced foreign agents (fiberglass, ammonia, etc. Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre see Spelling differences) is material made from extremely fine Fibers of Glass. Ammonia is a compound with the formula N[[hydrogen H3]] It is normally encountered as a Gas with a characteristic pungent Odor ) with the intent of enhancing the effect of nicotine. Nicotine is an Alkaloid found in the Nightshade family of plants ( Solanaceae) which constitutes approximately 0 Bergman began to produce a piece based upon the information, but ran into opposition from Don Hewitt who, along with CBS lawyers, feared a billion dollar lawsuit from Brown and Williamson. Interestingly, a number of people in CBS would benefit from a sale of CBS to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, including the head of CBS lawyers and CBS News. Founded in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric Company and later renamed Westinghouse Electric Corporation by George Westinghouse. Also, because of the interview, the son of the President of CBS Laurence Tisch, was among the people from the big tobacco companies in the risk of being caught having committed perjury. Laurence Alan Tisch (born March 5, 1923, died November 15, 2003) was a Jewish American Businessman, Wall Street Big Tobacco is a Pejorative term often applied to the tobacco industry in general or more particularly to the "big three" Tobacco corporations

Because of the hesitation from Hewitt, The Wall Street Journal instead broke Wigand's story. The 60 Minutes piece was eventually aired with substantially altered content, and was missing some of the most damning evidence against B&W. The exposé of the incident was published in an article in Vanity Fair by Marie Brenner, entitled The Man Who Knew Too Much. Investigative journalism is a type of reporting in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest often involving crime Political corruption, or some other Scandal Vanity Fair is an American magazine of Culture, Fashion, and Politics published by Condé Nast Publications. "The Man Who Knew Too Much" was an influential article on the Tobacco industry " whistle-blower " Jeffrey Wigand, written by journalist [15] The New York Times wrote that 60 Minutes and CBS had "betrayed the legacy of Edward R. Murrow. Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist " The incident was turned into a seven-times Oscar-nominated feature film entitled The Insider, directed by Michael Mann and starring Russell Crowe and Al Pacino. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Insider is a 1999 film that tells the true story of a 60 Minutes Television series exposé of the Tobacco industry Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5 1943 is an American Film director, Screenwriter, and producer. Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand and Alfredo James “Al” Pacino (born April 25 1940 is an Academy - BAFTA - Golden Globe - Emmy - & Screen Actors Guild Award-Winning

U. S. Customs Service

60 Minutes alleged in 1997 that agents of the U.S. Customs Service ignored drug trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border at San Diego. Until March 2003 the United States Customs Service was the portion of the U The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs [16] The only evidence was a memorandum apparently written by Rudy Camacho, who was the head of the San Diego branch office. Based on this memo, CBS alleged that Camacho had allowed trucks belonging to a particular firm to cross the border unimpeded. This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. Mike Horner, a former Customs Service employee, had passed the memos on to 60 Minutes, and even provided a copy with an official stamp. Camacho was not consulted about the article, and his career was devastated in the immediate term as his own department placed suspicion on him. In the end, it turned out that Horner had forged the documents as an act of revenge for his treatment within the Customs Service. Camacho successfully sued CBS for an unknown settlement, and Don Hewitt was forced to issue an on-air retraction. [17]

Kennewick man

A legal battle between archaeologists and the Umatilla tribe over the remains of a skeleton, nicknamed Kennewick man, was reported on by 60 Minutes (October 25, 1998), to which the Umatilla tribe reacted very negatively. The Umatilla are a Sahaptin -speaking Native American group living on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau Kennewick Man is the name for the skeletal Remains of a prehistoric man found on a bank of the Columbia River near Kennewick Washington Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The tribe considered the segment heavily biased in favor of the scientists, cutting out important arguments, such as explanations of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ( NAGPRA),, is a United States federal law passed on 16 November 1990 requiring [18] The report focused heavily on the racial politics of the controversy and also added inflammatory arguments, such as questioning the legitimacy of Native American sovereignty[19] -- much of the racial focus of the segment was later reported to be unfounded or misinterpreted. [20]

Viacom cross-promotion

In recent years the show has been accused of promoting books, films, and interviews with celebrities who are published or promoted by sister businesses in the Viacom media conglomerate (2000-2005), without disclosing the journalistic conflict-of-interest to viewers. Viacom ( ( short for " Vi deo & A udio Com munications" is an American Media conglomerate with various worldwide interests [21] However, due to media consolidation, this has become standard practice on many television news broadcasts. Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation) is a commonly used term that refers to the majority of the media outlets being owned by a small number of

60 Minutes II

Main article: 60 Minutes II

In 1999, a second edition of 60 Minutes was started in the U. 60 Minutes II, also known as 60 Minutes Wednesday and 60 Minutes (see Name changes) was a weekly primetime Newsmagazine S. , called 60 Minutes II. This edition was later renamed 60 Minutes by CBS for the fall of 2004 in an effort to sell it as a high-quality program, since some had sarcastically referred to it as 60 Minutes, Jr. CBS News president Andrew Heyward said, "The Roman numeral II created some confusion on the part of the viewers and suggested a watered-down version". Andrew Heyward is a former President of CBS News, serving from January 1996 until early November 2005 [22] However, a widely-known controversy which came to be known as "Rathergate," regarding a report that aired September 8, 2004, caused another name change. Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The show was renamed 60 Minutes Wednesday both to differentiate itself and to avoid tarnishing the Sunday edition, as the editions were editorially independent from one another. The show reverted to its original title with Roman numerals on July 8, 2005, when the show moved to a Friday night 8pm ET timeslot to finish its run. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Its last broadcast was on September 2, 2005. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

International versions

Australia

Main article: 60 Minutes (Australian TV program)

The Australian 60 Minutes premiered on 11 February 1979. 60 Minutes premiered 11 February 1979. It airs on Sunday nights on the Nine Network. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) It airs Sunday nights on the Nine Network. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney

Reporter Richard Carleton suffered a heart attack on 7 May 2006. Richard George Carleton ( 11 July 1943 &ndash 7 May 2006) was an Australian television Journalist. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He asked a question at a news conference for the Beaconsfield mine collapse, then walked out and suffered cardiac arrest. The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurred on 25 April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia. Paramedics tried to revive him for 20 minutes until an ambulance arrived, but was pronounced dead on arrival. A paramedic is a medical professional usually a member of the emergency medical service, who primarily provides Pre-hospital advanced medical and An ambulance is a Vehicle for transporting sick or injured people to from or between places of treatment for an Illness or Injury.

Although they have the rights to the format, as of 2007 they do not have rights to the US stories. Nevertheless, they often air them by subleasing them from Network Ten. Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia 's three major commercial television networks. In 1980 60 Minutes won a Logie Award for their investigation of lethal abuses at Chelmsford psychiatric hospital in Sydney. The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards which have been presented annually since 1959 Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 On 16 September 2007, the Australian 60 Minutes did a segment on French sport Parkour, which showcased famous traceurs Rhys James and Shaun Woods. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement (the art of movement is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently

France

The French version of 60 Minutes is titled 66 Minutes and airs on M6. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Métropole 6, known popularly as simply M6, is a French Television service owned by a company called Métropole Télévision.

Germany

In the mid-1980s, an edited version (approx. 30 minutes in length) of the U. S. broadcast edition of 60 Minutes was shown for a time on West German television. West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( This version retained the English-language soundtrack of the original, but also featured German subtitles. This version may have been known as 30 Minuten.

New Zealand

Main article: 60 Minutes (New Zealand)

The New Zealand version of 60 Minutes has aired on national television since 1989, when it was shown on TV3. 60 Minutes is the name of a Television Newsmagazine show currently broadcast in New Zealand on TV3. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island TV3 is a commercial Television station in New Zealand. It began broadcasting on November 26 1989 as the first privately owned television network in the In 1992 the rights were acquired by TVNZ, who began broadcasting it in 1993. Television New Zealand (TVNZ is a state-owned television broadcasting corporation in New Zealand. The network aired the program for nine years before dropping it in 2002 for its own program, entitled Sunday. Sunday is currently the highest rating current affairs show broadcast on New Zealand television, followed by 20/20. 20/20 is an American television Newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. 60 Minutes is now broadcast by rival network TV3.

Portugal

The Portuguese version of 60 Minutes airs on SIC Notícias and is hosted by Mário Crespo. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal.

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References

  1. ^ Timely Donation From '60 Minutes', - CBS News
  2. ^ CBS Making 60 Minutes Available as Free Podcast - 9/20/2007 5:25:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable
  3. ^ '60 Minutes' may veto Clinton-Dole face-offs, Peter Johnson, USA Today, 6 May 2003. This Hour Has Seven Days was a controversial CBC Television Newsmagazine which ran from 1964 to 1966 USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
  4. ^ "A Pound of Coffee?", Andy Rooney, CBS News, July 6, 2003. Andrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney (born January 14, 1919) is an American Radio and Television writer CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.
  5. ^ 60 Minutes' Ed Bradley Dead At 65. CBS News (November 9, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-11-09. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all
  6. ^ Mike Wallace Retires From '60 Minutes,' CBS News, 14 March 2006. CBS News is the news division of American Television and Radio network CBS. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  7. ^ a b CBS Interactive Inc, 60 Minutes: Milestones, <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/20/60minutes/main59202.shtml>. Retrieved on 22 May 2007 
  8. ^ Peter, Johnson, At '60 Minutes,' clock ticking on change, <http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2003-08-10-media-mix_x.htm>. Retrieved on 22 May 2007 
  9. ^ 66th Annual Peabody Awards Winners Announced
  10. ^ 12 Emmy Nominations For "60 Minutes"
  11. ^ "A Car Possessed by Demons," Ukrainian Archive, April 24, 2002. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
  12. ^ "Judge Dismisses Apple Growers' Suit Against CBS", New York Times, September 14, 1993. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2007-07-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World  "A Federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit that apple growers in Washington State filed against CBS after "60 Minutes" broadcast a report linking the chemical Alar to cancer. The report, broadcast Feb. 26, 1989, said the use of Alar increased the risk of cancer in humans, particularly children, and cited a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council. " 
  13. ^ Pressman, Steven (1993). Steven Pressman is an American Legal journalist Freelance journalist, Investigative journalist and Biographer. Outrageous Betrayal: The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile. Outrageous Betrayal The Dark Journey of Werner Erhard from est to Exile, first published in 1993 is a Biography of Werner Erhard written by legal New York: St. Martin's Press, 255-258. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous St Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the iconic Flatiron Building in New York City. ISBN 0-312-09296-2.  
  14. ^ http://www.believermag.com/issues/200305/?read=article_snider believermag. com]Believermag. com retrieved 2007-10-21
  15. ^ "The Man Who Knew Too Much," Marie Brenner, Vanity Fair, May, 1996. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Vanity Fair is an American magazine of Culture, Fashion, and Politics published by Condé Nast Publications.
  16. ^ "I'd Rather Be Blogging: CBS stonewalls as 'guys in pajamas' uncover a fraud.", John Fund, The Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2004. John Fund (born on April 8 1957 in Tucson Arizona) is an American political Journalist and Columnist for the website Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
  17. ^ abstract Another 60 Minutes' Apology on a Drug Smuggling Story", The Washington Post, April 13, 1999
  18. ^ "Kennewick Man issue damages relationships", Antone Minthorn, Board of Trustees Chairman Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, November 5, 1998. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation is a federally recognized confederation of three Sahaptin -speaking Native American tribes who traditionally Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
  19. ^ Fabien, Ann, Bones of Contention, <http://www.common-place.org/vol-01/no-02/kennewick/kennewick-2.shtml>. Retrieved on 22 May 2007 
  20. ^ "Who Were The First Americans?", Michael D. Lemonick, Andrea Dorfman, TIME Magazine, March 13, 2006. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  21. ^ "All in the Family: Who says 60 Minutes doesn't pay for interviews?", Bryan Preston and Chris Regan, National Review, April 2, 2004. National Review ( NR) is a biweekly Magazine and Web site, founded by the late author William F Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
  22. ^ Pamela, McClintoc, '60 Minutes' times 2, <http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117905294.html?categoryid=14&cs=1>. Retrieved on 22 May 2007 

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