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60 Minutes is an American news broadcast television program broadcast on CBS television. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt, who chose to distinguish it from other news programs using a unique reporter-centered investigative style. In 2002, 60 Minutes was ranked # 6 on the TV Guide ' s 50 Largest TV Show of All Time and in 2013, it was ranked # 24 on TV Guide ' s 60 Best Series of All Time. The New York Times called it "one of the most respectable news magazines on American television."

Season 50 debuted on September 24, 2017. It has been updated for the 51st record.

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Broadcast history

Initial years

The program uses a magazine format, similar to the Canadian program W5 , which was aired two years earlier. It pioneered many of the most important investigative journalistic procedures and techniques, including re-editing interviews, hidden cameras, and "gotcha" journalism visits to investigative home or office subjects. Similar programs sprang up in Australia and Canada during the 1970s, also on local television news.

Initially, <60 Minutes was aired as a biweekly show hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday night at 10:00 pm. Eastern time. The first edition, described by Reasoner in his opening as "a kind of magazine for television," featured the following segments:

1. Look inside the headquarters of presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their party's national convention that summer;
2. Commented by European writers Malcolm Muggeridge, Peter von Zahn, and Luigi Barzini, Jr. on the American election system;
3. A commentary by political columnist Art Buchwald;
4. Interview with Attorney General Ramsey Clark about police brutality;
5. "A Digression," a short piece of script written in which two silhouetted men (one of them Andy Rooney) discussed the presidential campaign;
6. A shortened version of the Academy Award-winning short film by Saul Bass, Why Man Creates; and
7. Meditation by Wallace and Reasoner on the relationship between perception and reality. Wallace said the show aims to "reflect reality".

The first "magazine cover-chroma" key is a photograph of two helmet cops (for Clark's interview segment). Wallace and Reasoner sat in chairs on the opposite side of the set, which had a cream-colored background; the more famous black background (which is still in use in 2017) does not appear until the following year. The logo is of type Helvetica with the word "Minutes" spelled with lowercase; the logo most associated with the show (shown in Eurostile with "Minutes" written in capital letters) did not appear until about 1974. Furthermore, to expand the motif of the magazine, the producers added "Vol. xx, No. xx" to the title display on the key chroma; modeled after the volume and number of identification problems displayed in print magazines, these were used until about 1971. The trademark stopwatch, however, did not appear on the inaugural broadcast; it will not debut until a few episodes later. Alpo dog food is the sole sponsor of the first program.

Don Hewitt, who had been a producer of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, looked for Wallace as a contrasting style with Reasoner. According to one event historian, the idea of ​​such a format is to make the host of journalists, to always present stories of national importance but to focus on the individuals involved with, or in conflict with, the issues, and to limit the reports of 'airtime about 13 minutes. However, the early season was plagued by a lack of network trust, as the program did not garner much higher ratings than other CBS News documentaries. As a rule, during that era, news programs during prime time lost money; the network primarily schedules public affairs programs at prime time to improve the prestige of their news department, thereby improving the ratings for regular nightly newscasts, viewed by more people than documentaries and the like. 60 Minutes struggled under the stigma for the first three years.

Changes to 60 Minutes came pretty early in program history. When Reasoner left CBS to align the ABC night news broadcast (he would return to CBS and 60 Minutes in 1978), Morley Safer joined the team in 1970, and he took over the task of Reasoner reporting the lesser story aggressive.. However, when Richard Nixon began targeting press access and reporting, even More Secure, formerly CBS News bureau chiefs in Saigon and London, began a "hard" investigation report, and during the 1970-71 season just <60 Minutes Effects of Prime Time Access Rules

In 1971, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) introduced the Main Access Time Rule, which freed up local network affiliates in the top 50 markets (in practice, the entire network) to take a half-hour main time from the network on Monday through Saturday and a full hour on Sunday. Since almost all affiliates find the cost of production for the FCC intended purpose to improve the very high public affairs program and the rank (and by association, advertising revenues) low, so largely unfavorable, the FCC creates exceptions for news written networks and public affairs. show. After a six month hiatus at the end of 1971, CBS found its main place for 60 Minutes in the refugee portion, at 6:00 to 7:00 pm. (East; 5:00 to 6:00 Central Time) on Sunday, January 1972.

This proved unsatisfactory, because to accommodate the CBS broadcast of the National Football League (NFL) soccer match of the afternoon, 60 Minutes went on hiatus during the autumn of 1972-1975 (and summer 1972). This happens because football broadcasts are protected contractually from interruptions after the famous "Heidi Bowl" incident at NBC in November 1968. Regardless of irregular scheduling, reports that struck the program attracted a growing audience, especially during those times which is bleak. Vietnam War and gripping events from the Watergate scandal; at the time, some if there were other major network news that carried out in-depth investigations up to the level made by 60 Minutes. Finally, during the summer of 1973 to 1975, CBS really allowed the program to return to its proper prime time schedule, on Friday in 1973 and Sunday two years later, in lieu of programs broadcast over the regular television season.

Only when the FCC returned an hour to the network on Sunday (for news or family programs), which had been taken from them four years earlier, in 1975 amending Access Rules, that CBS finally found a decent permanent time. for 60 Minutes. When the family-oriented drama, Three for the Road , ends after a 12-week run in the fall, the news magazine takes its place at 7:00 Eastern Time (6:00 Central) on December 7. It has been aired at that time since, for 42 years in 2017, making 60 Minutes not only the longest running prime time program currently in production but also the television program (excluding daily programs like newscasts night or morning talk show) broadcast for the longest time in a period of time each week in US television history.

This step, and the addition of White House's then-White White correspondent to the reporting team, made the program a strong hit of rank and, finally, a common cultural phenomenon. This is no less than an amazing reversal of the historically bad documentary film ratings on network television. In 1976, <60 Minutes became the top-rated program on Sunday night in the US In 1979, it had reached the # 1 spot among all television programs in Nielsen rankings, unheard of for prime news broadcasts time. This success translates into big profits for CBS; advertising rates rose from $ 17,000 per 30 second place in 1975 to $ 175,000 in 1982.

This program sometimes does not start until after 07:00. Eastern, primarily because of CBS's live broadcast of the NFL game. At the end of the NFL game, 60 Minutes will air on the whole. However, on the West Coast (and all Mountain Time Zones), since the actual end of the live game is much earlier in the afternoon compared to the Eastern and Central time zones, 60 Minutes is always able to start at normal start time 7:00 pm Pacific Time, leaving free affiliates to broadcast local news, CBS Evening News , and other local or syndicated programming leading to 60 Minutes . The program's success has also made CBS Sports schedule events (such as the Masters and Second Round of the Master Tournament and the final round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament) leading to 60 Minutes and the rest of the network primetime lineup, so (once again, except in the West Coast) pre-empting the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News and affiliated local news.

Beginning in the 2012-13 season, to accompany the new NFL rule that the second NFL doubleheader game starts at 4:25 pm, CBS officially changed the start time of 60 Minutes to 7:30 pm Eastern Time on Sunday at Eastern and Central Time Zone markets when there is a NFL doubleheader scheduled for broadcast (there are nine doubleheaders during the NFL season - eight during the first 16 weeks of the season, and last week) to protect against overruns. Start time remains at 7:00. Eastern time in a market where only one game is broadcast (the market only has 1:00 pm Eastern time of the game on a single game week, and in the market where the NFL game the home team is at Fox at 4:05 pm, which means CBS can not fly doubleheaders due to restrictions imposed by NFL).

Pre-empty since 1978

This program was rarely done since 1978. Two famous pre-emptions occurred in 1976 and 1977, to make room for the annual viewing of The Wizard of Oz, which recently returned to CBS after it was featured on NBC for eight years. However, CBS will, in the coming years, schedule the movie so it will no longer run into 60 Minutes . Other exceptions are in the years when CBS aired the Super Bowl or since 2003, alternately, the odd years where the AFC Championship Game has 6:30 am. Eastern start time, played into prime-time and followed by special lead-out program.

On September 22, 2013, CBS prefers 60 Minutes as a result of bringing the 65th Emmy PrimeTime Prize after an NFL doubleheader.

Internet radio and distribution

60 Minutes was also broadcast on several previous CBS radio stations owned by Entercom (such as KYW in Philadelphia, WCBS in New York City, KNX in Los Angeles, WBBM in Chicago, WWJ in Detroit and KCBS in San Francisco ) when served locally on their CBS Television Network affiliate affiliate; even in the Central and Eastern time zones, the show airs on top of the clock at 7 pm/6 pm Central (local restrictions on sports play-by-play pre-emptions and breaking news coverage) no matter how long the show is pending on CBS Television , so radio listeners often hear performances on the stations before the television broadcast. The audio version of every broadcast without ads starts to be distributed via podcasts and iTunes Store, starting with the September 23, 2007 broadcast. Videos from 60 Minutes (including full episodes) are also available for streaming a few hours after the program's initial broadcast on CBSNews.com and CBS All Access.

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Format

60 Minutes consists of three long formatted news stories, with no superimposed graphics. There is an ad break between two stories. Each story is introduced from a set with a background that resembles a page from a magazine story about the same topic. The program conducts its own investigation and follows up on investigations sparked by national newspapers and other sources. Unlike its most famous competitor 20/20 as well as traditional local and national news programs, 60 Minutes reporters never shared the screen with (or talked to ) 60 Minutes of other journalists in front of camera at each . This creates a strong sense of psychological intimacy between journalists and television viewers.

Reporting tone

60 Minutes combines probing journalism from the semi-1950s CBS series See It Now with Edward R. Murrow (an event where Hewitt served as director for the first few years) and personality profile from another Murrow program, Person to Person . In Hewitt's own words, 60 Minutes combines "higher Murrow" and "lower Murrow".

"Point/Counterpoint" segment

For much of the 1970s, the program included Point/Counterpoint, where a liberal and conservative commentator debated a particular issue. The segment initially featured James J. Kilpatrick representing the conservative side and Nicholas von Hoffman for the liberals, with Shana Alexander taking over for von Hoffman after he left in 1974. This segment is an innovation that captures the public imagination as a live version of the competition. editorial. In 1979, Alexander asked Hewitt to raise $ 350 a week's salary, Hewitt declined, and the segment ended.

Point/Counterpoint was also reviled by NBC's Saturday Night Live comedy series, featuring Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd as a debate, with Aykroyd announcing the topic, Curtin making the opening statement, so Aykroyd usually replied with, "Jane, you stupid whore" and Curtin with "And, you're a snob." In the 1980 movie Airplane! , where faux Kilpatrick argues in favor of falling aircraft; and in the previous sketch comedy film, The Kentucky Fried Movie , where the segment was called "Count/Pointercount".

A similar concept was revived briefly in March 2003, this time featuring Bob Dole and Bill Clinton, a former opponent in the 1996 presidential election. The couple agreed to perform ten segments, called "Clinton/Dole" and "Dole/Clinton" within weeks , but did not continue into the autumn of 2003-04. The report shows that the segment is considered too gentleman, in the previous "Point/Counterpoint" style, and lacks the spirit of Crossfire .

Andy Rooney Segment

From 1978 to 2011, the program usually ended with a comment (usually lighthearted and humorous) by Andy Rooney describing various import topics ranging from international politics, economics, and personal philosophy in everyday life. One recurring topic is measuring the amount of coffee in a coffee can.

Rooney's pieces, especially what he calls actor Mel Gibson as "crazy", sometimes lead to complaints from viewers. In 1990, Rooney was suspended without pay for three months by CBS News President David Burke, because of the negative publicity around him saying that "too much alcohol, too much food, drugs, homosexual unions, cigarettes are all known to cause premature death." He wrote an explanation letter to the gay organization after being instructed not to do so. After just four weeks without Rooney, <60 Minutes lost 20% of his audience. CBS management then decided that it was in the best interest of the network to get Rooney back.

Rooney published several books documenting his contributions to the program, including Years and Minutes And Several Minutes With Andy Rooney . Rooney retired from 60 Minutes , making his final comment on October 2, 2011; it is his 1,097 comments during his 34 years of career in this program. He died one month later, on November 4, 2011. The November 13, 2011 edition of 60 Minutes featured an hour-long award for Rooney and his career, and included a rebroadcast segment of his final comment.

Opening the order

The opening sequence of the 60 Minute "magazine cover" feature with the show's trademark, an Aristo stopwatch, intercut with a preview clip of episode stories. The sequence ends with each correspondent and the current host introduces himself. The last host to appear (currently Bill Whitaker) then said, "Those stories are tonight at 60 Minutes ". When Rooney was the leading fixture, the last line was "The Stories and Andy Rooney, Tonight at 60 Minutes ". Before that, and whenever Rooney did not show up, the last line was "Those stories and more, tonight at 60 Minutes ".

60 Minutes is the first, and remains the only regularly scheduled program in the US to never use theme music. The only "theme" is the stopwatch beat, which counts each titular broadcast 60 minutes, starting at zero at the beginning of each show. This is seen during the opening title sequence, before each ad breaks, and at the ends of the closing credits, and each time it appears it displays (within reasonable accuracy) the elapsed time from episode to point it.

On October 29, 2006, the opening sequence changed from a black background, which had been used for more than a decade, to white. Also, the gray background for Aristo's stopwatch on "cover" turns red, the color for the title text turns white, and the stopwatch itself changes from a diagonal position that has been oriented for 31 years to an upright position.

Web content

Videos and transcripts of the 60 Minutes edition, as well as clips not included in the broadcast are available on the program's website. In September 2010, the program launched a website called "60 Minutes Overtime", in which the stories aired in the air are discussed in more detail.

iPad Content

CBS Interactive released the mobile app in 2013, "60 Minutes for iPad", which allows users to watch 60 Minutes on iPad devices and access multiple recordings of event archives.

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Correspondent and host

Current correspondents and commentators

Host now

• Steve Kroft (host, 1989-present, co-editor)
• Lesley Stahl (host, 1991-present, co-editor)
• Scott Pelley (host, 2003-present)
• Lara Logan (part-time correspondent, 2005-12; host, 2012-present)
• Bill Whitaker (emcee, 2014-present)

Current part-time correspondent

• Anderson Cooper (2006-present)
• Norah O'Donnell (2015-present)
• Sharyn Alfonsi (2015-present)
• Oprah Winfrey (2017-present)

Former correspondent and host

Former host

• Harry Reasoner (host, 1968-70 and 1978-91)
• Mike Wallace (emcee, 1968-2006; emeritus correspondent 2006-08)
• Morley Safer (part-time correspondent, 1968-70; host, 1970-2016)
• And Rather (part-time correspondent, 1968-75; emcee, 1975-81 and 2005-06)
• Ed Bradley (part-time correspondent, 1976-81; host, 1981-2006)
• Diane Sawyer (part-time correspondent, 1981-84; emcee, 1984-89)
• Meredith Vieira (part-time correspondent, 1982-85 and 1991-93; host, 1990-91)
• Bob Simon (1996-2015)
• Christiane Amanpour (part-time correspondent, 1996-2000; host, 2000-05)

Former part-time correspondent

• Walter Cronkite (1968-81)
• Charles Kuralt (1968-79)
• Roger Mudd (1968-80)
• Bill Plante (1968-95)
• Eric Sevareid (1968-69)
• John Hart (1969-75)
• Bob Schieffer (1973-96)
• Morton Dean (1975-79)
• Marlene Sanders (1978-87)
• Charles Osgood (1981-94)
• Forrest Sawyer (1985-87)
• Connie Chung (1990-93)
• Paula Zahn (1990-99)
• John Roberts (1992-2005)
• Russ Mitchell (1995-98)
• Carol Marin (1997-2002)
• Bryant Gumbel (1998-2002)
• Katie Couric (2006-11)
• Charlie Rose (2008-17)
• Byron Pitts (2009-13)
• Alison Stewart (2012)
• Sanjay Gupta (2011-14)

Commenters

The commentator for 60 Minutes includes:

• James J. Kilpatrick (conservative debate, 1971-79)
• Nicholas von Hoffman (liberal debater, 1971-74)
• Shana Alexander (liberal debater, 1975-79)
• Andy Rooney (commentator, 1978-2011)
• Stanley Crouch (commentator, 1996)
• Molly Ivins (liberal commentator, 1996)
• P. J. O'Rourke (conservative commentator, 1996)
• Bill Clinton (liberal debater, 2003)
• Bob Dole (conservative debate, 2003)

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Ratings and acknowledgments

Nielsen ranking

Based on the rankings, 60 Minutes is the most successful program in the history of US television since it was transferred to the timeslot this time in 1975. For five seasons it has become the top program of the year, a comedy-matched match by the sitcom > All in the Family and The Cosby Show , and was only surpassed by the American Idol reality reality series , which has been the # 1 show for eight consecutive seasons of the 2003-04 television season until the 2010-11 season. 60 Minutes was the top ten event for 23 consecutive seasons (1977-2000), an unrivaled record.

60 Minutes first entered Nielsen Top 20 during the 1976-77 season. The following season, it was the fourth most watched program, and in 1979-1980 it was number one. During the 21st century, he remained among the top 20 programs in the Nielsen rankings, and the highest-ranking news magazine.

The November 16, 2008 edition, featuring an interview with President-elect Barack Obama, earned a total viewership of 25.1 million viewers.

The October 6, 2013 edition (which delayed 44 minutes that night due to the Denver Cowboys NFL Denver Broncos-Dallas game) attracted 17.94 million viewers; retained 63% of the 28.32 million viewers from its briefings, making it the most watched show 60 Minutes since December 16, 2012.

The December 1, 2013 edition (delayed 50 minutes for the Broncos-Kansas City Head play) was watched by 18.09 million viewers, retaining 66% of the lead NFL (which generated 28.11 million viewers during 7:00 pm hours).

March 25, 2018, an edition featuring Stormy Daniels providing details about his alleged affair with President Donald Trump attracted 22.1 million viewers, the most since Obama's interview in 2008. The broadcast was postponed because the NCAA men's basketball match at CBS between Kansas and Duke will overtime.

Recognition

Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards

Since June 26, 2017, <60 Minutes has won a total of 138 Emmy Awards, a record unmatched by any other primetime program on US television.

Peabody Prize

The program has won 20 Peabody Awards for segments including "All in the Family", investigation of violations by government contractors and the military; "CIA Cocaine", which found the CIA's involvement in drug smuggling; "Friendly Fire", reports of friendly fire incidents in the Gulf War; "The Duke Rape Case", an investigation into alleged rape at a lacrosse team party off campus in 2006; and "The Killings in Haditha", an investigation into the killing of Iraqi civilians by the US Marines.

More awards

The event received an Investigative Reporter and Editor reporter for their segment "The Osprey", which documents the Marine cover-up of deadly mistakes on V-22 Osprey aircraft.

Impact on innocent victims

In 1983, a report by Morley Safer, "Lenell Geter's in Jail", helped free a Texas man who was wrongly indicted and jailed for armed robbery.

Oldest primetime event

60 Minutes currently holds the record for the longest continuous running program of any genre scheduled during prime network time America; it has been broadcast at 7 pm. Eastern time on Sundays since 7 December 1975 (though since 2012, officially scheduled at 7:30 am Eastern Time on Sunday where CBS affiliates have late NFL match).

The longer running Meet the Press has also been shown in prime time. Debuting in 1947, has been a daytime program since 1965. The Walt Disney television anthology series, aired in 1954, Hallmark Hall of Fame Hallmark, which has aired since 1951, has been aired for longer than 60 Minutes , but none of them have been live on prime time continuously, as it did 60 Minutes .

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Controversy

The show has been praised for historic journalism and received many awards. However, it has also been involved in several controversies, including (in order of appearance):

Unwanted Acceleration

On November 23, 1986, <60 Minutes aired a segment illuminated by Hewitt, about the Audi 5000 car, a popular German luxury car. This story covers the problem that should have happened "unwanted acceleration" when the brake pedal was pushed, with emotional interviews with six people suing Audi (unsuccessfully) after they hit their car, including a woman 6-year-old boy had been killed. In the 60 Minutes trailer displayed Audi 5000 with the accelerator "move itself down", speeding up the car. It later emerged that an expert witness employed by one of the plaintiffs modified the accelerator with a hidden device, causing "unwanted acceleration". Independent researchers conclude that this "unwanted acceleration" is most likely due to driver error, in which the driver lets their legs slip off the brakes and onto the accelerator. Tests by Audi and independent journalists show that even with the throttle wide open, the car will only stop if the brakes are actually used.

The incident destroyed Audi's sales in the United States, which did not rebound for 15 years. The initial incident that prompted the report to be discovered by Canada's National Highway Transport and Traffic Safety Administration has been due to operator error, in which the car owner has pressed the accelerator pedal in place of the brake pedal. CBS issued a partial retraction, without recognizing test results from the government agencies involved. Years later, the Dateline NBC , a rival of <60 Minutes , was found guilty of the same tactics related to the integrity of the fuel tank of General Motors pickup truck.

Alar

In February 1989, <60 Minutes aired a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council claiming that the use of daminozide (Alar) on apples poses a very high health risk to consumers. Apple's sales decline and CBS is demanded to fail by apple farmers. Alar is then banned for use in US crops by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Werner Erhard

On March 3, 1991, <60 Minutes broadcast "Werner Erhard," which is related to the controversy involving Erhard's personal life and business. One year after the 60 Minutes cut, Erhard filed a lawsuit against CBS, claiming that the broadcast contained some "false, misleading and libelous" statements about him. One month after filing a lawsuit, Erhard filed for the dismissal. Erhard then told Larry King in an interview that he dropped the lawsuit after receiving legal advice telling him that to win it, he had to prove not only that CBS knew the allegations were wrong, but also that the CBS acted with hatred. Due to factual inaccuracies, this segment was later removed by CBS from its archives, with the disclaimer: "This segment has been removed at the request of CBS News for legal or copyright reasons."

Chocolate & amp; Williamson

In 1995, the former Brown & amp; Williamson Vice President for Research and Development Jeffrey Wigand provided information to Lowell Bergman's producer Lowwels 60 Minutes that B & W systematically hide their cigarette health risks (see transcription). Furthermore, it is suspected that B & amp; W has introduced foreign agents (such as fiberglass and ammonia) with the aim of enhancing the effects of nicotine. Bergman began to produce a piece based on information, but faced opposition from Don Hewitt who, along with CBS lawyers, feared the billions of dollars sued from Brown and Williamson for torturous disorder to encourage Wigand to violate his non-disclosure agreement. A number of people at CBS will benefit from the sale of CBS to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, including CBS's chief lawyer and CBS News. Also, because of the interview, the son of CBS President Laurence Tisch (who also controls Lorillard Tobacco) is one of those people from major tobacco companies who risk being caught having sworn falsely. Because of Hewitt's doubts, The Wall Street Journal solved Wigand's story. The 60 Minute snippet finally served with substantially altered content and minus some of the most incriminating evidence against B & W. The incident exposition was published in an article in Vanity Fair by Marie Brenner, entitled "The Man Who Knew Too Too".

The New York Times writes that "the tradition of Edward R. Murrow and" 60 Minutes "itself is diluted in the process," although the newspaper slightly revised the quote, showing that 60 Minutes > and CBS has "betrayed Edward R. Murrow's legacy". The incident turned into a nominated seven-time Oscar nominated film titled "The Insider", directed by Michael Mann and starring Russell Crowe as Wigand, Al Pacino as Bergman, and Christopher Plummer as Mike Wallace. Wallace denounced his portrayal as inaccurate about his attitude to the matter.

AS. Customs Service

60 Minutes alleged in 1997 that the US Customs Service agent ignored drug trafficking on the Mexican-US border in San Diego. The only evidence is a memorandum written by Rudy Camacho, who is the head of San Diego's branch office. Based on this memo, CBS alleges that Camacho has allowed trucks belonging to certain companies to cross the border without a hitch. Mike Horner, a former Customs Service employee, has provided a memo on 60 Minutes , and even gives a copy with an official stamp. Camacho was not invited to talk about the work, and his career was destroyed in the near future because his own department put his suspicions on him. In the end, it turns out Horner has falsified the document as an act of revenge for his treatment in the Customs Service. Camacho sued CBS and paid an undisclosed amount of money. Hewitt was forced to issue an on-air retraction. Kennewick Man

Kennewick Man

The legal battle between archaeologists and the Umatilla tribe over skeletal remains, dubbed Kennewick Man, was reported by 60 Minutes on October 25, 1998, in which the Umatilla tribe reacted negatively. The tribe considers the segment highly biased for scientists, cutting off important arguments, such as the explanation of Native American Cemetery Protection and Repatriation Law. The report is heavily focused on the racial politics of the controversy and also adds inflammatory arguments, such as questioning the legitimacy of Native American sovereignty - much of the racial focus of the segment is subsequently reported to be unfounded and/or misinterpreted.

Timothy McVeigh

On March 12, 2000, <60 Minutes aired an interview with Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. At that time, McVeigh was convicted and sentenced to death by the April 2005 bombing of the Federal Building Alfred P. Murrah and the subsequent deaths of 168 people. In the program, McVeigh was given the opportunity to vent the government. Following the program, a federal policy called the Special Unit Unification Media Policy enacted banning face-to-face interviews with death row convicts. A federal prisoner challenges the policy at Hammer v. Ashcroft , in which the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upholds prison policy. In March 2010, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal in the case, and the policies that restricted media access to death row inmates remained in effect. CBS refused to show the entire interview, and stated there was no excuse.

Viacom/CBS cross-promotion

In recent years, the program has been accused of promoting books, films and interviews with celebrities published or promoted by media merchant Viacom (who owns CBS from 2000 to 2005, now owned by the National Amusements, who is also the parent of CBS) and publishers Simon & amp; Schuster (who remained a part of CBS Corporation after the separation of CBS/Viacom 2005), without disclosing the interests-journalistic conflict to viewers.

Killian controversy

The controversy of the Killian document (also called Memogate or Rathergate) involved six critical documents on the services of President George W. Bush at the Texas Air National Guard in 1972-73. Four of these documents were presented as authentic in the 60 Minutes Wednesday broadcast broadcast by CBS on September 8, 2004, less than two months before the 2004 Presidential Election, but later found that CBS had failed to authenticate the documents. Furthermore, some typists and typographers conclude that the document is false, as it has multiple media sources. There are no forensic document examiners or typographers who authenticate documents, which may not be possible without the original document. The document provider, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Burkett, claimed to have burned the original documents after sending the fax to CBS. The whole scene turned into a long movie titled Truth .

"Internet Is Infected" and a fake hacker photo

A segment that aired on March 29, 2009, edition of 60 Minutes , "Internet Is Infected", featured an interview with Don Jackson, a data protection professional for SecureWorks. Jackson himself stated in the program: "Part of my job is knowing the enemy". However, during the interview, Jackson showed photos of Finnish high school students and misidentified them as Russian hackers. In the photo, one of the children wore a jacket with the Finnish Coat on it. Another one wears a hat that clearly has the Karjala logo, a Finnish beer brand, on it. The principal in Taivalkoski confirmed that the photo was taken at school about five years before the program was broadcast.

The exact origins of the photo are unknown, but are widely known in Finland, which was originally posted to the Finnish social networking website, IRC-Galleria, in the early 2000s. It's spread all over the Finnish internet community, and even derives some mock sites patriotically titled (but deliberately misspelled). 60 Minutes then issue corrections and apologies in the air.

Benghazi Report

After the 2012 Benghazi attack, 60 Minutes was aired by correspondent Lara Logan's report on October 27, 2013, in which British military contractor Dylan Davies, identified by CBS under the pseudonym "Morgan Jones," described the racing to the Benghazi complex a few hours after the main attack ended, climbing a 12 foot high wall and crashing a fighter alone with a rifle butt. He also admitted to having visited the Benghazi hospital early that night where he saw the body of Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

In the days following the report, Davies' personal actions were challenged. The FBI, who had interviewed Davies several times and considered it a credible source, said that Davies' account was different from what he said 60 Minutes . Davies stands next to his story, but inconsistency eventually encourages <60 Minutes to conclude it was a mistake to include Davies in their report and the correction was issued.

After the correction, a journalistic review was conducted by Al Ortiz, CBS News's executive director and practice director. He decided that the red flag about Davies account was missed. Davies had told the program and wrote in his book that he told an alternative version of his actions to his employer, who he said had demanded that he stay in his Benghaz villa when the attack occurred. The alternative version was shared with the US authorities and 60 Minutes could not prove the story Davies told them was true.

Davies' book, Embassy House , was published two days after the 60 Minutes report, by Threshold Editions, part of Simon and Schuster's unit of CBS. It was pulled off the shelf once 60 Minutes issued a correction.

On November 26, 2013, Lara Logan was forced to take leave due to mistakes in the Benghazi report.

NSA Report

On December 15, 2013, <60 Minutes aired a report on the National Security Agency (NSA) that was widely criticized as fake and "big pieces". The story was reported by John Miller, who had worked in the office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Tesla Automaker report

On March 30, 2014, <60 Minutes presented the story of the luxury electric car Tesla Model S in the segment, with Scott Pelley interviewing Elon Musk's CEO about the car brand as well as his SpaceX company. Within a day, the automotive blog site Jalopnik reported that the sounds that accompanied the car footage shown during the story were actually the sound of a traditional gasoline engine dubbed on record, when in reality the electric car was much quieter. CBS released a statement explaining that the sound was the result of an audio editing error, and then removing the sound from the online version of the song. However, some news outlets, as well as Jalopnik himself, have expressed doubt on the authenticity of this explanation, noting a similar scandal involving Tesla Motors and The New York Times in 2013.

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Spin-off

The highlight 60 Minutes has created a number of spin-offs over the years.

30 Minutes

30 Minutes is a news magazine intended for motionless children after 60 Minutes , aired as the last program in the CBS lineup Saturday morning from 1978 to 1982. It was hosted by Christopher Glenn (Who also serves as a voice-over for the interstitial program In the News and becomes a newscaster on the CBS Radio Network), along with Betsy Aaron (1978-80) and Betty Ann Bowser ( 1980- 82).

60 Minutes Again

60 Minutes More was a spin-off that went on for a season from 1996 to 1997. This episode featured a popular story of an expanded past with updates to the original story. Each episode features three of these segments.

60 Second Minute

In 1999, the second edition of <60 Minutes began in the US, named 60 Minutes II . This edition was later renamed to CBS's <60 Minutes by the fall of 2004 in an attempt to sell it as a high-quality program, as some people sarcastically refer to it as 60 Minutes, Jr. CBS News President Andrew Heyward said, "Roman Numbers II creates some confusion on the part of viewers and suggests a diluted version". However, the widely known controversy which came to be known as "Rathergate", on the report aired September 8, 2004, led to another name change. The program is titled 60 Minutes Wednesday both to distinguish itself and to avoid tarnishing the Sunday edition, because the editorial editions are independent of each other. It was returned to its original Roman numeral title on July 8, 2005, when the program moved to Friday at 8:00. Eastern Time Slot to complete its operation. The event's final broadcast was on September 2, 2005.

60 Minutes on CNBC

In 2011, CNBC began airing its own 60 Minutes spin-off, called 60 Minutes on CNBC . Organized by Lesley Stahl and Steve Kroft, this accords the latest business-related reports seen on the original broadcast and offers recordings that were not included when the first segment aired.

60 Minute Sports

In 2013, CBS Showtime's premium television network aired 60 Minutes Sports , a monthly spin-off focused on sports-related stories and classic interviews from the event archive. The personality of CBS Sports also contributes to this program. Spin-offs are considered as competitors of HBO's Real Sports , and were canceled in January 2017.

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25th birthday edition

For 60th birthday 60 Minutes in 1993, Charles Kuralt interviewed Don Hewitt, an active correspondent, several former correspondents, and revisited famous stories and celebrities.

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International version

Australia

The Australian version 60 Minutes aired on February 11, 1979. It still airs every Sunday night at 7:30 am. in the Nine Networks and affiliates. Although the Nine Networks have rights to the format, in 2007, it has no right to the story of the US program. Nevertheless, stories from flagship programs 60 Minutes in the US often air on Australian programs by subleasing them from Network Ten. In 1980, <60 Minutes won a Logie Award for their investigation of a deadly offense at the Chelmsford psychiatric hospital in Sydney.

German

In the mid-1980s, an edited version (about 30 minutes long) of the US 60 Minutes broadcast was shown for a while on West German television. This version maintains an original English soundtrack, but also features a German subtitle.

New Zealand

The New Zealand version 60 Minutes has been aired on national television since 1989, when it was first launched on TV3. In 1992, rights were obtained by TVNZ, which began broadcasting it in 1993. The network broadcasted the program for nine years before dropping it in 2002 for its own program, titled Sunday , which is currently the highest broadcast the latest show aired on New Zealand television, followed by 20/20 . 60 Minutes was broadcast by rival network TV3, before switching to Sky Television's inaugural channel in 2013, when the contract changed hands.

Portugal

The original program was featured in Portugal on SIC NotÃÆ'cias with introductory and closing remarks by journalist MÃÆ'¡rio Crespo.

Chile

Chile's National Broadcasting Service (TVN), the country's public television network, was named 60 Minutos ("60 Minutes") from 1975 to 1988, but the program had no connection to the US Version and none investigative report.

Other versions

• The Mexican version, featuring Juan Ruiz Healy as the host, aired in the late 1970s and 1980s.
• The Peruvian version was aired in the early 1980s, called 60 Minutos . However, in the late 1980s there were also similar series, but not related to the series produced by CBS News.
• In 2004, Brazilian Rede Bandeirantes planned localized localized versions, but the plan was canceled.
• The edited edit of 60 Minutes of the interview has been aired on various cable channels in the United States, including TV Land and ESPN Classic.
• In Thailand, 60 Minutes (Thailand) was broadcast on TV 9 (from 1995 to 1997) and BBTV Channel 7 (from 2002 to 2003).
• In Catalonia, 60 Minus has been broadcast by TV3 (Catalonia) for 27 seasons.

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See also

• This Clock Has Seven Days , and W5 are both pre-dated 60 Minutes for several years, similar in style and journalistic format

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References

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Source

• Who's Who in America 1998 , "Hewitt, Don S." Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, NJ, 1998. p.Ã, 1925.
• Who's Who in America 1998 , "Wallace, Mike." Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, NJ, 1998. p.Ã, 4493.
• Madsen, Axel. 60 Minutes: The Power and Politics of America's Popular Popular News Show. Dodd, Mead and Company: New York City, 1984.

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Further reading

• Frank Coffey (1993). 60 Minutes: 25 Years of Best Television Clock . Santa Monica, California: General Publishing Group, Inc. ISBNÃ, 1-881649-04-0. . With an introduction by Don Hewitt.

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External links

• Official website
• 60 Minutes on IMDb
• 60 Minutes on TV.com
• 60 Minutes at Rotten Tomatoes
• Book Notes Interview with Don Hewitt on Tell A Story: 50 Years and 60 Minutes on Television , April 1, 2001.

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