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Peter Bart: Having Survived Decades Of Enemy Attacks, ‘60 Minutes’ Must Now Defy A New Phalanx Of Powerful Legal & Political Foes
'60 Minutes' foes include the principal stockholder of CBS, the chairman of the FCC, a major sector of the legal establishment and President Trump.
Trump’s actions are akin to “a mob boss extracting protection money,” observed Mark Elias, a top attorney who appeared on last week’s defiant 60 Minutes. During the show’s earlier years, the “bad guys” often consisted of neighborhood hustlers who overcharged for mythical auto parts, only to be shocked by a fast-moving TV crew. The 60 Minutes producer winced and replied, “OK, we’ll re-light you as a good guy.” Production note: I was invited to talk brightly about theater critics, not auto parts.
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