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(47,245 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2014, 08:26 PM Oct 2014

"60 Minutes" really hitting bottom. [View all]

They are going to interview tomorrow the new director of the FBI.
Ok...
That's somewhat important.

BUT...

Yet another "human interest" fluff piece, this one on how smart dogs are.

They show a dog that appears to be really smart, without mentioning the "Clever Hans" trained horse.

http://skepdic.com/cleverhans.html

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"60 Minutes" really hitting bottom. [View all] Archae Oct 2014 OP

I'm hoping they're not falling for that trick! There are plenty of smart dogs to choose from arcane1 Oct 2014 #1

That's the dog they'll show. Archae Oct 2014 #2

Hell, they aren't even doing something new? arcane1 Oct 2014 #4

It hit bottom decades ago and hasn't budged since tularetom Oct 2014 #3

It's not at all like when they could make the likes of Nathan Thurm sweat. dflprincess Oct 2014 #6

And they brought back Lara Logan. femmocrat Oct 2014 #5

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