In 1983, 60 Minutes claimed the Maverick missile was no good. They said they had tried to contact Senator Goldwater but he refused to talk to them about the missile. I was told later that Senator Goldwater had been in the hospital at the time they wanted to speak to them. He (the Senator)was really mad at CBS and I got to read copies of the letters between the Senator and Van Gordon Sauter (CBS News president).
I haven’t watched 60 Minutes since then.