Watching 60 minuets, I started to get angry.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

And it struck me how far news has fallen in this country. Lamborghini? A news story? And Aussie actress?
Wha da fa?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. 60 minuets is a lot of dancing.

But seriously, I never watch that show any more; it's been a waste of electrons since they sacked Dan Rather.

[yeoman6987]

26. You missed the first story

it was about disability fraud......apparently everyone getting disability is frauding the government.......ok they didn't say that exactly, but.....

[elleng]

2. Didn't see it but

did see Bill Moyers show, largely about dismal 'journalism.'

[rickford66]

30. Stream it if you can.

Too bad only the choir will see it though. It should have been a 60 Minutes segment.

[elleng]

31. Couldn'r find it, was outstanding,

and seriously upsetting.

[rickford66]

32. I think this is it.

http://billmoyers.com/episode/the-truth-vs-dcs-propaganda-machine/

[elleng]

33. Thanks. This is it,

KoKo posted it earlier: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017200068

[kwassa]

3. 60 minuets makes you angry?

60 of these?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. THAT would be more informative

Than that sad, shadow of a formerly important investigative news source.

[alp227]

4. By the way it seems that 60 Minutes is replaying its flawed "Disability, USA" story.

from what i'm seeing on the 60minutes.com front page.

articles criticizing the story:

http://www.thenation.com/blog/176539/outrage-grows-over-60-minutes-hatchet-job-disability-fraud

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/07/60-minutes-report-denounced-for-disability-misi/196317

[Archae]

6. They replayed that story verbatim.

Not *ONCE* did they actually talk to anyone on disability, or find out the facts about how these people went on disability.

The closest they got was a lawyer who makes a lot of money catering to disability appeals.

This was a hack job as bad as the Benghazi fiasco.

[NYC_SKP]

5. 60 minutes went wrong like 30 years ago. The moment they went with pop culture.

Stories about the Jacksons, or other celebrities, over exposing criminal activities, that's when they lost me.

Many years ago, they and their networks sold out.

[Art_from_Ark]

34. They lost me when they replaced Point-Counterpoint

(James Kilpatrick vs. Shana Alexander) with the incessant whining of Andy Rooney.

[malaise]

7. I dumped them after the Lara Logan

Benghazi lies.

[Hatchling]

8. I remember when..

Monday was all about 60 minutes. The stories really were astounding and thought provoking then. Looooong time ago.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. Yeah. Too long.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. I gave up about 8-10 years ago when Don Hewitt (producer) and the long time reporters left.

They just became irrelevant.

[samsingh]

10. i used to watch 60 minutes every week, now i rarely do

and I'm a news junkie

I guess it will get cancelled in the not too distant future

[L0oniX]

11. Dog and pony shows ...idolatry ...lusting after money and fame ...egomaniacs

What's not to love?

[Dawson Leery]

12. 60 Minutes is the National Enquirer on TV.

[prairierose]

15. I stopped watching them in the 90s....

as I stopped watching most corporate news about that time. I have no time for infotainment or propaganda. And I try to get everyone I know to stop watching all of this junk too.

[Curmudgeoness]

16. I was watching it too, and I just shook my head.

The thing that bothers me the most is that there used to be 60 Minutes as THE news show that did hard hitting reporting. And because of it's popularity, several other news shows came along. Today, every other one of those news shows has disappeared or changed the format to "real life mystery".....Dateline, 48 Hours.....useless.

And I am sorry to see 60 Minutes going down the tubes as well. Since I don't have cable, I don't get all the 24/7 news channels. That is why I am here so often. DU is now my go-to place for news.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

17. That is so sad. I, too, get news from here, but

that is not the purpose of DU. Nor of any progressive place. Analysis, fine. Heads up, fine. Opinion, fine. But being a source?

That is so sad for our society.

[Hissyspit]

18. This is deliberate.

[Jenoch]

19. Why are you under the impression that 60 Minutes is 'news'?

[Skittles]

20. there was a time when it actually was news

long ago now it seems

[Eleanors38]

21. More like 6 minutes... Time's up. nt

[Javaman]

22. The full title of that show...

60 Minutes...I will never get back.

[Enthusiast]

23. No more 60 Minutes for me.

They did too many faked up bullshit stories since Frank Luntz took over. Zero credibility.

[KurtNYC]

24. YouTube kicks 60 Minutes' ass 24/7/365

VICE News:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZaT_X_mc0BI-djXOlfhqWQ/videos

Young Turks
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks/videos

and for history of the last 100 years or so, British Pathe'
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGp4u0WHLsK8OAxnvwiTyhA

[stevenleser]

25. I've seen them get stories wrong a number of times. I think they should be watched but...

... anything they say needs to be reconfirmed via research.

[el_bryanto]

27. I'd be mad if I had to watch 60 Minutes as well. I watched the Muppet Movie instead.

Much more enjoyable.

Bryant

[Ikonoklast]

28. I've never watched any of those "Dancing ..... " shows, either.

[nilesobek]

29. Scott Pelley has his own journalism style.

Including his propensity to toss the word, "dictator," around like a softball.

He will tell the news that he's told to tell and he will tell it the way they want him to tell it.

"Close hold," Scott.