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Offline DiscoBerry

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Last Real American Journalist dies at 93
« on: April 08, 2012, 08:13:13 pm »
Everyone else out there does real news in between 2 or more fluff pieces.  Notice the byline below is that proof or what?

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(CBS/AP) - CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the "60 Minutes" pit-bull reporter whose probing, brazen style made his name synonymous with the tough interview, died last night. He was 93 and passed peacefully surrounded by family members at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Conn., where he spent the past few years.

"All of us at CBS News and particularly at '60 Minutes' owe so much to Mike. Without him and his iconic style, there probably wouldn't be a '60 Minutes,' said Jeff Fager, chairman CBS News and executive producer of "60 Minutes."

As the journalism world reacted to the iconic newsman's passing, the AP's David Bauder noted the "60 Minutes" journalist's reputation as a pitiless inquisitor was so fearsome that the words "Mike Wallace is here to see you" were the most dreaded words in the English language; capable of reducing an interview subject to a shaking, sweating mess.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57411053/cbs-iconic-newsman-mike-wallace-dead-at-93/
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Re: Last Real American Journalist dies at 93
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2012, 08:28:46 pm »
I heard that, RIP Mike. Also I didn't know he was 93, he sure didn't look it.
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Re: Last Real American Journalist dies at 93
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 08:33:26 pm »
Wow. RIP, Mike Wallace.

And now the last bastion of journalistic integrity is a team of comedians.
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Re: Last Real American Journalist dies at 93
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2012, 08:34:52 pm »
May he join George Carlin and the Flying Spaghetti Monster up in heaven.
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Re: Last Real American Journalist dies at 93
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2012, 10:08:13 pm »
Quote from: Smurfette Principle on April 08, 2012, 08:33:26 pm
Wow. RIP, Mike Wallace.

And now the last bastion of journalistic integrity is a team of comedians.

Yeah. Ain’t that a kick in the head.
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Re: Last Real American Journalist dies at 93
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2012, 11:53:18 pm »
Rest in peace, Mike. 

At least they're not all "how did he die? What killed him?"
He died of being 93.  A damn good run.
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Re: Last Real American Journalist dies at 93
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 12:50:41 am »
Goodbye, Mike...*salutes* You were a true journalist. Interview Edward Murrow for me.
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