Monday, April 16th, 2012
CBS’s “60 Minutes” spent its hour Sunday night doing the thing it had always dreaded but nevertheless was well prepared to do: sending off Mike Wallace. The clips had been chosen. The interviews had been done in advance; much of Sunday night’s material had appeared in 2006, when Wallace “retired.” The work of the legendarily tough 93-year-old correspondent, who died April 7 , will probably never be matched. The archival video evidence of his journalistic prowess will not be in short supply. Read full article > >

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TV review: ‘60 Minutes’ bids a too-fast farewell to tough ol’ Mike Wallace
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
CBS’s “60 Minutes” spent its hour Sunday night doing the thing it had always dreaded but nevertheless was well prepared to do: sending off Mike Wallace. The clips had been chosen. The interviews had been done in advance; much of Sunday night’s material had appeared in 2006, when Wallace “retired.” The work of the legendarily tough 93-year-old correspondent, who died April 7 , will probably never be matched. The archival video evidence of his journalistic prowess will not be in short supply. Read full article > >

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TV review: ‘60 Minutes’ bids a too-fast farewell to tough ol’ Mike Wallace
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