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Dan Rather 'Summing Up' Career in Memoir

Nov 17, 2010 4:31 AM CST

Dan Rather Inks Memoir Deal

'Summing Up' to be published in 2012

(Newser) - Dan Rather has decided it's time to sum up his 60-year career in journalism. The veteran newsman has signed a book deal with Grand Central Publishing for his memoir, Mediabistro reports. The book, to be titled Summing Up, will look at historical events including Watergate and the JFK assassination, and...

Note to
Presidents:
Words Matter

howard kurtz

Nov 10, 2010 1:36 PM CST

Note to Presidents: Words Matter

Obama, Bush must recognize that demeanor isn't trivial

(Newser) - In office, George W. Bush seemed laid back no matter what, while Barack Obama “has not been a happy warrior.” Both men have been true to form in major interviews over the past week, writes Howard Kurtz in the Daily Beast . Obama acknowledged discouragement—a fair point, but...

Obama: Tone Has 'Slipped'

INTERVIEW

Nov 8, 2010 7:26 AM CST

Obama: Tone Has 'Slipped'

Prez talks mistakes, midterms on 60 Minutes

(Newser) - President Obama acknowledged mistakes since entering office, including “slipping” on maintaining a better tone in Washington, in a 60 Minutes interview last night, Politico reports. “Part of my promise to the American people when I was elected was to maintain the kind of tone that says we can...

Obama: What
I Got Wrong

Nov 5, 2010 12:45 PM CDT

Obama: What I Got Wrong

Says he forgot 'leadership isn't just legislation'

(Newser) - In his first post-midterm interview, President Obama offers an analysis of missteps over the past two years, one that echoes his day-after press conference. "We were so busy and so focused” that we forgot “leadership isn’t just legislation,” he tells 60 Minutes . It’s also “...

Cooper to
Eminem: Are
You Homophobic?

Oct 11, 2010 7:37 AM CDT

Cooper to Eminem: Are You Homophobic?

Rapper's defense: 'This is my art.'

(Newser) - Anderson Cooper recently berated a Vince Vaughn movie trailer for using the word “gay” as a joke—but he was decidedly easier on Eminem when he interviewed the rapper on last night’s 60 Minutes . Cooper asked Eminem, who has often been branded a homophobe, why he uses words...

CNN, Fox News America's Most Trusted Sources

May 3, 2010 11:48 AM CDT

CNN, Fox News America's Most Trusted Sources

'New York Times' far down the list

(Newser) - Apparently cable news reigns supreme in America—and it's deeply partisan. In a new 60 Minutes / Vanity Fair poll, respondents named CNN and Fox News their most trusted news sources by a wide margin, with CNN in the No. 1 slot with 32% and Fox close behind with 29%....

Why Conan should not have done '60 Minutes'

Conan's 60 Minutes Interview a Sad Mistake

OPINION

May 3, 2010 9:48 AM CDT

Conan's 60 Minutes Interview a Sad Mistake

O'Brien came off more whiny than sympathetic

(Newser) - Conan O’Brien insisted last night on 60 Minutes that he is fine—“doing great,” in fact. But everything else he said in the “awkward mishap” of an interview made him look more like a sad sack, writes Andrew Wallenstein. Not only did he discuss “his...

Conan O'Brien Rips
Jay Leno on 60 Minutes

Apr 30, 2010 6:00 AM CDT

Conan O'Brien Rips Jay Leno on 60 Minutes

'I wouldn't have done' what he did, says Conan

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien has a message for Jay Leno via 60 Minutes: You may have the Tonight Show, but I have my honor. In excerpts released by CBS ahead of Sunday's show, O'Brien criticizes Leno for going back on his word. "He went and took that show back and I...

Conan Grants First Interview (but Can't Bash NBC)

Apr 28, 2010 12:23 PM CDT

Conan Grants First Interview (but Can't Bash NBC)

CBS can't air promos for the '60 Minutes' segment, either

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien will break his media silence with an interview on 60 Minutes this Sunday—which is exactly one day after the earliest day he is legally allowed to give an interview. But don't expect too much in the way of fireworks, the Hollywood Reporter warns: Conan still isn't allowed...

Anderson Cooper
Swims With Sharks

'and it is glorious'

Mar 26, 2010 3:58 AM CDT

Anderson Cooper Swims With Sharks

60 Minutes clip is 'glorious,' at least according to one blogger

(Newser) - If you have an unrequited crush on Anderson Cooper, you may appreciate this video of him swimming with great white sharks on the next 60 Minutes. Or, if you’re looking for evidence of Cooper’s secret homosexuality—as Adrian Chen appears to be on Gawker —you might just...

Obama Unloads on 'Fat Cat Bankers' Who 'Still Don't Get It'

Dec 13, 2009 4:49 PM CST

Obama Unloads on 'Fat Cat Bankers' Who 'Still Don't Get It'

Prez comes out firing in 60 Minutes interview

(Newser) - Ordinary Americans astonished by the gall of Wall Street banks that accepted federal bailout funds and awarded huge bonuses have a friend in a very high place: the White House. "I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street,...

Most Americans Favor 'Soak
the Rich' Tax

NEW POLL

Sep 28, 2009 5:47 AM CDT

Most Americans Favor 'Soak the Rich' Tax

Populism is in, and half think Wal-Mart best symbolizes America

(Newser) - As if tea parties weren't screamingly pointing to its existence, there lurks a deep vein of populism in recessionary America, and a wide-ranging Vanity Fair/60 Minutes poll ran into it. Some 48% of respondents chose Wal-Mart, though the mag notes an element of cynicism, as the firm that 'best symbolizes...

Book Tour
Puts Ted Jr.
in Spotlight

Sep 13, 2009 5:09 PM CDT

Book Tour Puts Ted Jr. in Spotlight

Kennedy son, advocate for the disabled, may yet enter politics

(Newser) - When Ted Kennedy Jr. starts publicizing his late father’s memoir on 60 Minutes tonight, he will emerge into a political spotlight he has shunned since losing a leg to cancer more than 30 years ago, the Boston Globe reports. Friends have tried to prod him into office, but for...

Obama on Health Reform:
'I Own It'

Sep 12, 2009 11:30 AM CDT

Obama on Health Reform: 'I Own It'

Says he 'intends to be president for a while,' expects credit, blame

(Newser) - Voters can rest assured that Barack Obama is doing his best to get health care reform right, because his political future depends on it, the president tells 60 Minutes in an interview airing tomorrow. “You know, I intend to be president for a while, and once this bill passes,...

60 Minutes Creator
Don Hewitt, 86, Dies

Obituary

Aug 19, 2009 11:48 AM CDT

60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt, 86, Dies

TV legend directed Cronkite, Murrow in nearly 60 years at CBS

(Newser) - Don Hewitt, one of the pioneers of TV news, died today at 86 of pancreatic cancer, CBS reports. Hewitt all but invented television news over the course of his more than 60-year career, directing legends Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. He was behind the 1968 launch of 60 Minutes,...

Why Obama's Everywhere
You Look, Listen, Read

Mar 24, 2009 11:21 AM CDT

Why Obama's Everywhere You Look, Listen, Read

President looks to get past media filter

(Newser) - When it came to getting past what he called “the media filter,” President Bush’s favorite strategy was to go around it. President Obama’s style is more to go over, under, around, and through, courting both the new and mainstream media in an effort to communicate directly...

Prez: 'Cheney
Stirred US Hatred'

Mar 22, 2009 6:11 AM CDT

Prez: 'Cheney Stirred US Hatred'

Cheney's philosophy hasn't made America safer, he says

(Newser) - Barack Obama yesterday returned a jab from Dick Cheney on terrorism by accusing the former vice president of putting the US at risk by revving up anti-American sentiment, reports Politico. Cheney charged last week that the president's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility increased the risk of a...

Obama: Geithner's Job Is Safe

Mar 21, 2009 10:09 PM CDT

Obama: Geithner's Job Is Safe

(Newser) - Barack Obama has a message for those who want Tim Geithner out at Treasury: Forget about it. And if Geithner himself decides he's had enough and tries to resign, the president has a ready answer: "Sorry, Buddy, you've still got the job." In an interview with 60 Minutes...

Bernanke Optimistic
in Rare TV Interview

Mar 16, 2009 2:31 AM CDT

Bernanke Optimistic in Rare TV Interview

Fed chairman sits down for rare one-on-one amid crisis

(Newser) - The recession will likely end this year, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke declared yesterday on 60 Minutes in his first interview since taking office. Fed chairmen don't typically give TV interviews—the last one was Alan Greenspan in 1987—but Bernanke ventured out from behind the curtain to reassure the public....

Newt: Jindal
Will Be a Major Player for Years

Feb 25, 2009 8:46 PM CST

Newt: Jindal Will Be a Major Player for Years

'He'll be the same age as John McCain—34 years from now'

(Newser) - Guess who's the subject of a 60 Minutes profile this weekend? None other than Bobby Jindal, who's not having the best of days. But the Louisiana governor can take solace from Newt Gingrich, who tells Morley Safer during the show that Jindal "will automatically be a major contender for...