Posted on 09/23/2004 9:04:57 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Dick Thornburgh, the former attorney general selected by CBS to help investigate a flawed report broadcast earlier this month on "60 Minutes,'' sharply criticized that program in a memoir published last year
In the book, "Where the Evidence Leads'' (University of Pittsburgh Press), Mr. Thornburgh described "60 Minutes" as having "chimed in with its usual sensationalized treatment'' in a 1992 report about the Justice Department's handling of an investigation into illegal lending by an Italian bank.
When, as Mr. Thornburgh writes in the book, "60 Minutes'' later sought to interview him because he had been an under secretary general of the United Nations, Mr. Thornburgh demurred, "because of my previous shabby treatment on it, turning down even a personal plea from Mike Wallace himself.''
In a telephone interview yesterday, Mr. Wallace said he considered Mr. Thornburgh an inappropriate choice to lead an independent investigation, but not because of what he had written.
"It occurs to me that on the team of investigators should be someone who has experience with how a television piece is put together,'' Mr. Wallace said. "He has none, as far as I know.''
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It occurs to me that anyone quoted on this story should have some notion of the distinction between truth and falsehood. Mike Wallace has none, as far as I know.
Poor wittle Danny upset?...What a pity.../S
No Mike, thats not what he needs: but he knows how truth hangs together....and fabrications don't! Thats all he needs.
Stunning arrogance from Wallace.
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