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Art_from_Ark

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34. They lost me when they replaced Point-Counterpoint

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 30, 2014, 11:43 PM

Jun 2014

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

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Watching 60 minuets, I started to get angry. [View all] ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2014 OP

60 minuets is a lot of dancing. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2014 #1

You missed the first story yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #26

Didn't see it but elleng Jun 2014 #2

Stream it if you can. rickford66 Jun 2014 #30

Couldn'r find it, was outstanding, elleng Jun 2014 #31

I think this is it. rickford66 Jun 2014 #32

Thanks. This is it, elleng Jun 2014 #33

60 minuets makes you angry? kwassa Jun 2014 #3

THAT would be more informative ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2014 #13

By the way it seems that 60 Minutes is replaying its flawed "Disability, USA" story. alp227 Jun 2014 #4

They replayed that story verbatim. Archae Jun 2014 #6

60 minutes went wrong like 30 years ago. The moment they went with pop culture. NYC_SKP Jun 2014 #5

They lost me when they replaced Point-Counterpoint Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #34

I dumped them after the Lara Logan malaise Jun 2014 #7

I remember when.. Hatchling Jun 2014 #8

Yeah. Too long. ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2014 #14

I gave up about 8-10 years ago when Don Hewitt (producer) and the long time reporters left. Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2014 #9

i used to watch 60 minutes every week, now i rarely do samsingh Jun 2014 #10

Dog and pony shows ...idolatry ...lusting after money and fame ...egomaniacs L0oniX Jun 2014 #11

60 Minutes is the National Enquirer on TV. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #12

I stopped watching them in the 90s.... prairierose Jun 2014 #15

I was watching it too, and I just shook my head. Curmudgeoness Jun 2014 #16

That is so sad. I, too, get news from here, but ChairmanAgnostic Jun 2014 #17

This is deliberate. Hissyspit Jun 2014 #18

Why are you under the impression that 60 Minutes is 'news'? Jenoch Jun 2014 #19

there was a time when it actually was news Skittles Jun 2014 #20

More like 6 minutes... Time's up. nt Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #21

The full title of that show... Javaman Jun 2014 #22

No more 60 Minutes for me. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #23

YouTube kicks 60 Minutes' ass 24/7/365 KurtNYC Jun 2014 #24

I've seen them get stories wrong a number of times. I think they should be watched but... stevenleser Jun 2014 #25

I'd be mad if I had to watch 60 Minutes as well. I watched the Muppet Movie instead. el_bryanto Jun 2014 #27

I've never watched any of those "Dancing ..... " shows, either. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #28

Scott Pelley has his own journalism style. nilesobek Jun 2014 #29