60 Minutes

Obama 60 Minutes Interview: Talks National Security, Financial Crisis, First Dog (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


***UPDATE*** 9:15PM Nov. 16 60 Minutes aired its interview tonight with Barack and Michelle Obama, they're first interview since Obama won the preside...

60 Minutes: Obama's First Interview Since Election

CBS News | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics


President-elect Barack Obama has agreed to give his first post-election interview to 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft. The interview includes futu...

Toxic Discarded Electronics Illegally Exported To China

CBS | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green


The United States produces an enormous amount of e-waste -- the stuff discarded when we replace our old gadgets with newer ones. Computers and other e...

Top Aide: We Had "Zero" Meetings About Issue Of Obama's Race

CBS News | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


Not getting obsessed about Barack Obama's race was one of the secrets of the successful campaign to put the first African American in the White House,...

Scott Pelley, "60 Minutes" Crew Attacked In China While Reporting On E-Waste

Huffington Post | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media


CBS News' Scott Pelley and his "60 Minutes" crew were attacked in China while working on a story about toxic waste there. Pelley described the Guiyi ...

"Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction," A Briefing (VIDEO)

60 Minutes | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business


Credit default swaps are consistently listed as one of the top reasons for America's current economic crisis, and though many on main street probably ...

Financial Crisis: 60 Minutes Revives Investigative Journalism

Stephen H. Baum | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media


Stephen H. Baum

Even on subjects as hot as the financial crisis, much of the "news" and comment we see on TV lacks real critical thinking. 60 Minutes has revived investigative journalism. More please.

Global Warming Denier Bob Lutz Continues Making General Motors Look Ridiculous

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green


Josh Nelson

Show me an environmentalist that "likes" Bob Lutz and I'll show you a gullible fool. Seriously, I'd love to know who he is talking about.

Morley Safer Creates Artwork For "60 Minutes" Anniversary

AP | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — Morley Safer has created a work of art celebrating the 40th anniversary of "60 Minutes." It will be unveiled at a party Monday. It's...

Jed Lewison

McCain Defends Deregulating Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics


Well, I guess we can toss aside the notion that John McCain is going to reinvent himself as a support of tough new regulations, because on 60 Minutes ...

Close Presidential Race? Don't Blame the Media, Blame the Voters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

Voters have (or could have) all the information they need to make a choice this year. They're just making a choice that those on the left would consider a bad one.

A Military Mom "Tells" Her Story

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Steve Ralls

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has cast a shadow over the careers, lives and families of the service members I have come to know and respect, many of whom are LGBT.

Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media


Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

The Big Unmentionable

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Carol Felsenthal

The former president's absence from Hillary's photo album brings the campaign full circle. So poor Bill, who has temporarily dropped from sight, sustained a double humiliation.

Dum Dum Bullets Swaddled in Angora

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media


Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

The accomplished Barbara Walters is not that different from the beleaguered little girl: a victim and a beneficiary of the glitz and glamour of showbiz.

Al Gore Launches $300 Million Bipartisan Ad Campaign, Including Al Sharpton & Pat Robertson

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.07.2008 | Media


Watch Al Gore: "I'm Not Applying For The Job Of Broker"

Huffington Post | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Speaking to 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl on Sunday, former Vice President Al Gore said that Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Cl...

Gore Launches $300 Million Climate Change Initiative

Huffington Post | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Former Vice President Al Gore is set to unveil a three-year, $300 million climate change campaign Wednesday, one of the most ambitious and costly publ...

Where "60 Minutes" Missed The Mark On Big-Pharma Lawsuit Story

CJR | Dean Starkman | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media


The Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Canadian drug maker this week--and in the process blew apart the premise of a two-year-old 60 Minutes in...

Anderson Cooper Plays With David Beckham On "60 Minutes"

Huffington Post | Posted 03.29.2008 | Media


This coming Sunday, CBS will broadcast an interview between regular CNN host and occasional "60 Minutes" contributor Anderson Cooper and soccer megast...

Morning Shows, Newsmags See Audiences Decline

New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Sure, the ratings for the evening newscasts are steadily sinking. That twenty-year-old trend is hardly surprising. But a new report by the Project for...

Dennis Quaid On Death By Medical Error: "It's Bigger Than AIDS, It's Bigger Than Breast Cancer"

CBS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Dennis Quaid sat down with "60 Minutes" and opened up about the medical mistake that almost cost his newborn twins their lives at LA's Cedars Sinai ho...

Icahn: I Made $300M On Time Warner

CNN/Money | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Billionaire investor Carl Icahn may have lost his bid to break up Time Warner Inc., but he will tell "60 Minutes," how he walked away with $300 millio...

That Other "60 Minutes" Story: About 47 Million Uninsured Americans Desperate For Health Care

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Hey, did you see that shocking video clip from 60 Minutes the other night? The one about an issue pivotal about the current Democratic campaign?

FCC Official Wants Investigation Of "60 Minutes" Rove Blackout

Reuters | Peter Kaplan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


U.S. Federal Communications Commission official is seeking an inquiry into the blacking out of a politically charged segment of the CBS News magazine ...