60 Minutes' Morley Safer retires after 46 seasons
Source: CBS News
Morley Safer, the CBS Newsman and 60 Minutes' longest-serving correspondent, will formally retire this week. His unparalleled career will be celebrated in a special hour directly following this Sunday's regular edition of 60 Minutes. "Morley Safer: A Reporter's Life" will be broadcast Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Safer's first season as a regular 60 Minutes correspondent began in 1970 with a story about the training of U.S. Sky Marshals. His last 60 Minutes report -- number 919 -- a profile of Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, was broadcast in March. "After more than 50 years of broadcasting on CBS News and 60 Minutes I have decided to retire. It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air," said Safer. "But most of all I thank the millions of people who have been loyal to our broadcast."
"Morley has had a brilliant career as a reporter and as one of the most significant figures in CBS News history, on our broadcast and in many of our lives," said Jeff Fager, executive producer of 60 Minutes. "Morley's curiosity, his sense of adventure and his superb writing, all made for exceptional work done by a remarkable man. The best of Morley Safer will be on display in our special broadcast this Sunday." Fager, a personal friend who once produced 60 Minutes stories for Safer, is interviewed for "Morley Safer: A Reporter's Life."
The hour-long special traces Safer's life from his birth in Toronto to his rise in the 50s and 60s as a distinguished war reporter and then 60 Minutes correspondent, whose inimitable style, wonderful writing and broad range captivated millions on the most successful broadcast in television history.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-retires-after-46-seasons/
Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)Ed Bradley came out of his short retirement (he had terminal cancer he hadn't told anyone about) to do a story on the 2005 BP Texas City, Texas explosion that killed 15 and injured thousands. He was attracted to the story of the young lady who lost both of her parents in the blast and her stubborn, all out war with BP. He was a man that truly cared about the people in the stories he reported on and one of the coolest men in broadcasting. He would be sickened by what a whore 60 minutes has become now where corporations can have them do self serving stories to air their defense and make them look good instead of what used to be investigative journalism to get to the bottom or truth in certain stories.
japple
(9,773 posts)I watched TV. Thanks for the link. Just wish I could have done without the viagra ad.
mdbl
(4,972 posts)quit watching it after they killed Dan Rather's career over the stupid documents about GW's lack of military service. It wasn't Rather's fault the docs could not be authenticated but the weasels at CBS news just couldn't take criticism from the Fux Nooz watchers. Journalism died completely during that time.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)especially Faux Knews
mahatmakanejeeves
(56,893 posts)Then he shouldn't have used them.
The justified margins were a dead giveaway.
Pretty basic.
mdbl
(4,972 posts)and the person responsible for creating those documents confirmed the information wasn't false, but the docs might have been. Either way, they should have reported the error and moved on, not acted like it was some big left wing conspiracy, which it wasn't.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)Have you seen the movie "Truth," based on Mary Mapes' book? Dan Rather said it was accurate:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3859076/
mdbl
(4,972 posts)I am only speaking from what I watched when it all happened.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)I was responsible for the CBS TV listings in the newspapers and Dan Rather's publicist was my news contact. I always watched him because I knew how he felt about the news, no "fluff" pieces allowed, only hard news. These days the news has become just more entertainment.
Robert Redford plays Dan Rather in the movie and he does a good job. Since it was based on the book by Dan Rather's producer on the Bush* AWOL story - who was unceremoniously fired - he says it's an accurate retelling of how it all happened...
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