Yes, yes. You know the drill.
I'm shocked...
Posted on 05/18/2004 10:46:22 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Tonight (Tuesday) CBS will air a tribute to Don Hewitt, the Executive Producer of 60 Minutes since its inception, whom CBS brass are forcing out as they try to make the news magazine with declining ratings more appealing to younger viewers. In an interview a few weeks ago, Hewitt told Jon Friedman of CBS MarketWatch.com that "I would bet I'll probably vote for Kerry" since “I know why I don't want to vote for George Bush" but, he conceded, “I don't know why I want to vote for Kerry. I don't know who he is."
Friedman related, in his April 23 column for the Web site partially-owned by CBS, how “Hewitt laments the outbreaks of terrorist attacks that have occurred since the U.S. invaded Iraq 13 months ago. 'If I should hold anything against George Bush,’ Hewitt said, it was that the invasion 'created more terrorists.’ Hewitt was careful to stress that he had no Democratic or liberal political leanings. 'I don't vote parties,’ he said. 'I'm an Eisenhower-Reagan Republican and a Roosevelt-Kennedy Democrat.’”
Translation of such ridiculousness: He’s a liberal but doesn’t want to admit it.
An excerpt from other parts of Friedman’s column:
....As it has done regularly since its debut in 1968, "60 Minutes" has broken news and created ample controversies so far this year.
It aired explosive segments featuring interviews with former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, former terror advisor Richard Clarke and Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. Each of them wrote a bestseller that was regarded as being critical of the Bush administration's foreign policy in Iraq.
The accumulation of bad news appears to have taken a toll on Hewitt's spirits. During the Great Depression and the Cuban missile crisis, he said, "I never doubted for a second that we'd survive. Now I'm not so sure. I'm scared."
In June, Hewitt will relinquish his executive producer post to Jeff Fager, the executive producer of "60 Minutes II."
In January 2003, CBS announced that Hewitt would have new duties as the executive producer, CBS News, helping to develop and launch projects....
Hewitt suspects that CBS wanted to bring in a new executive producer because the network was "not happy with the demographics" of "60 Minutes."
[Ken] Auletta suggested that it wasn't "unreasonable" for CBS to want to bring in new blood. "At some point, you have to develop new talent," Auletta said. "Fager has a history with serious news."...
What a load of c-BS. I guarantee you that Hewitt NEVER supported Reagan while he was President.
This story is older than dirt.
I'll probably drink beer this weekend.
John Kerry would be proud...
The rest of us just have to ask: "WHAT THE **** DOES THAT MEAN?"
He shows up for whoever has the best hors'douvres???
Yes, yes. You know the drill.
I'm shocked...
If that in fact were true (I don't trust anything the phony liberal windbag says), I'm sure that 60 Minutes would do its level best to "educate" us all on why we must vote for John Kerry.
Oh, he's a member of the "anybody but bush" voting bloc
Run Ralph run! Without Nader, there will be no diversity among lamestream media voters.
That's only because Lenin isn't running.
This article itself provides the best translation about Hewitt's c-BS:
Translation of such ridiculousness: He’s a liberal but doesn’t want to admit it.
Dog bites man story.
The man wasn't even humble enough to say 'no comment'. How sure these leftists are of their postitions.
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