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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
Fri Dec 7, 2018, 09:30 AM Dec 2018

At '60 Minutes,' Independence Led to Trouble, Investigators Say

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For decades, “60 Minutes” has reigned at the top of television news, bringing in hundreds of journalistic awards, not to mention weekly ratings for CBS that are the envy of the industry. The success has allowed “60 Minutes” to operate independently from the larger network news division to which it belongs.

But that independence came at a cost: The show proved unable to prevent inappropriate conduct by some of its top executives, according to lawyers hired by the CBS Corporation board of directors to investigate the workplace culture of the program.

In a draft of a report for the board, investigators wrote that “the physical, administrative and cultural separation between ‘60 Minutes’ and the rest of CBS News permitted misconduct by some ‘60 Minutes’ employees.”

The executive producer of “60 Minutes,” Jeff Fager, was fired in September after he threatened a CBS News reporter looking into allegations about his behavior. The investigators wrote that the firing was justified, adding that Mr. Fager had “engaged in certain acts of sexual misconduct” with colleagues and failed to stop misbehavior by others.

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At '60 Minutes,' Independence Led to Trouble, Investigators Say (Original Post) PoliticAverse Dec 2018 OP
Ironically 60 Minutes lead to the death of TV news and journalism underpants Dec 2018 #1
It may seem strange to most, but BootinUp Dec 2018 #2
Used to be hard-hitting... Galileo126 Dec 2018 #3
I felt that it went downhill without Don Hewitt Rhiannon12866 Dec 2018 #4

underpants

(187,250 posts)
1. Ironically 60 Minutes lead to the death of TV news and journalism
Fri Dec 7, 2018, 09:33 AM
Dec 2018

It was the first news show that made a profit. That opened up the gates to the talking head Barbies and car chase tv news.

BootinUp

(49,169 posts)
2. It may seem strange to most, but
Fri Dec 7, 2018, 10:02 AM
Dec 2018

I never considered it that important as a hard news show.

Rhiannon12866

(224,082 posts)
4. I felt that it went downhill without Don Hewitt
Sat Dec 8, 2018, 03:37 AM
Dec 2018

I used to be responsible for the CBS program listings for the newspapers and 60 Minutes was one of "my" shows. They've also lost the original correspondents, Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Harry Reasoner, Bob Simon. And I still miss Andy Rooney.

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