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60 Minutes Missed Opportunity

Harrison Bergeron Wrote: Jan 31, 2013 8:30 AM
"60 Minutes" is still on the air? Wow, who knew? I bet Krauthammer discussing the interview on "The Fox All Stars" with Bret Baier got ten times the share that the actual interview got. Nobody outside the "blue fringe" has watched that weekly broadcast from the Propaganda Ministry since the 70's.

In the days of the late Mike Wallace, "60 Minutes" was known for hard-hitting, aggressive journalism that asked the questions viewers wanted answered and held the powerful accountable.

The Jan. 27 program on which Steve Kroft interviewed President Obama (at his request, no less) and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fell far short of that high standard. It was the kind of softball toss you might have expected if Oprah Winfrey or Barbara Walters had conducted the interview.

The president said of Clinton, "...a lot of the successes we've had internationally have been because of her hard work." Kroft should...

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