Posts Tagged ‘minutes’

CBS: Scott Pelley replacing Katie Couric on ‘Evening News’

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

DiFrisco, TimCBSCBS News Correspondent Scott Pelley.CBS made it official Tuesday: longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley is replacing Katie Couric as its “Evening News” anchor on June 6.

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Lara Logan Details Sexual Assault

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Speaking to 60 Minutes on Sunday night, CBS News reporter Lara Logan gave the most detailed account yet of the sexual assault she suffered in February while covering the protests in Egypt’s Tahrir Square. She says she was stripped of her clothing by a…

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Mortenson Defends His Memoir

Monday, April 18th, 2011

He’s got some explaining to do: Greg Mortenson, recovering from a heart condition that has left him with breathing difficulty, spoke with Outside magazine about the damning allegations made by 60 Minutes that he made up parts of Three Cups of…

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CBS: Three Cups of Tea Inaccurate

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

The world may be about to see do-gooding sensation Greg Mortenson in a different light: A 60 Minutes investigation airing Sunday night on CBS, alleges that his bestselling book, Three Cups of Tea, is riddled with factual inaccuracies, and that his…

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Scott Brown Won’t Prosecute Abuser

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

After revealing on 60 Minutes that was he sexually assaulted by a camp counselor as a child, Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has told a prosecutor he doesn’t want to seek criminal charges against his alleged abuser. The area’s D.A. recently reported…

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Scott Brown: I Was Sexually Abused

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

In an interview with Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown reveals that he was the victim of child abuse, at the hands of both his stepfather and a camp counselor. The incidents are detailed in his forthcoming book, Against All…

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CBS’s Lara Logan Assaulted in Egypt

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

CBS correspondent Lara Logan is in a hospital recovering from a brutal beating and sexual assault, the network says. She was reporting for 60 Minutes from Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Feb. 11, the day Hosni Mubarak stepped down, when she was separated from…

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60 Minutes Producer to Lead CBS News

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

There’s been a major shakeup at CBS, and no, it has nothing to do with Charlie Sheen. Jeff Fager, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, will become the new chairman of CBS News on Tuesday, with Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports, assuming…

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Bernanke Warns of ‘Two Societies’

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tells 60 Minutes that growing inequality is “creating two societies.” Time for Republicans to accuse him of partisan play. In the interview Bernanke says, “It’s based very much, I think, on educational differences….

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In Interview, Bernanke Backs Tax Code Shift

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said on “60 Minutes” that the tax code should be made more efficient.

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Bernanke: Overhaul the Tax Code

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Fed chief Ben Bernanke wandered into the realm of fiscal policy in a 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday night, recommending an overhaul of the tax code and lamenting the country’s rising inequality. “The tax code is very inefficient,” Bernanke…

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