Mike Wallace, legendary CBS newsman and 60 Minutes co-host, has died.

[MADem]

Source: ABC News

By LEEZEL TANGLAO (@leezeltanglao)
April 8, 2012
Veteran broadcast journalist Mike Wallace has died, according to CBS News.

He was 93 years old and and had been in declining health in recent years.

Wallace was a correspondent on the CBS News program "60 Minutes," since its premiere in 1968 where he earned a reputation as one of the toughest interviewers in the business.

He spent 38 seasons with the program before announcing his retirement in 2006.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/mike-wallace-dies-60-minutes-correspondent-93/story?id=16096195

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[Stinky The Clown]

1. Link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/?tag=hdr;snav

Still no story. It is truly breaking

[MADem]

12. CBS had a short piece on Face The Nation, ironically the first net piece I found was on ABC. nt

[Diclotican]

2. MADem

MADem

Rest in Peace.

Diclotican

[hlthe2b]

3. He was one of the good ones, IMO--not perfect, but he had Murrow kind of ethics

RIP, Mr. Wallace. You will be missed. You will be remembered.

[emilyg]

42. Yes. RIP Mr. Mike.

[harmonicon]

73. No way. He was a massive slime-ball.

I don't know if it's on the internet anywhere, but there was a show that aired which played back-to-back the full interview he did with a Chinese premier and the edited version that went out on 60 Minutes. It was a complete hatchet job. They cut out entire answers to make it seem like no answer was given and replaced some answers with those that were given to other questions. They'd take a shot of the premier nodding to something else and play it while Wallace was making some bull-shit anti-communist point. Ever since I saw that, I had no respect for Wallace or for 60 Minutes.

[hlthe2b]

74. You cite one questionable episode that I surely don't recall out of a career spanning 60 years...

Sorry, the weight of evidence to the contrary very much is weighted towards Wallace.

[SemperEadem]

4. wow.. so sorry to hear

rest in peace, sir.


http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/mike-wallace-60-minutes-pioneer-dies/

[glinda]

5. RIP

[bluedigger]

6. That's a shame.

I always liked his interviews.

Kinkade, Porsche, and Wallace. The triptych is complete.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. I used to wake early on Saturday mornings as a kid to watch old repeats of "Biography"

It was a half-hr program he hosted in the early 60's, and they used to show repeats on WPIX Saturday mornings in the mid-70's.

Not to mention his 60 minutes career, of course.

Cross gently, Mike. Thank you for too much to name.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Not being in that area any more, I haven't thought of WPIX in ages!

Channel 11. They did the Yankee games, didn't they? And WOR (9) did the Mets.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. Yep, the Yanks on WPIX, Mets on WOR and Wonderama on WNEW (5)!

Ol' Bob McAllister of Wonderama died a few years ago, sadly. Also, used to stay up (past 11!) and watch The Honeymooners on WPIX.

[Stinky The Clown]

17. A cherished memory is watching King Kong and Mighty Joe Young every night on Million Dollar Movie!

(And I am unintentionally thread jacking. I'll stop now.)

[Warren Stupidity]

46. Ba dop dop dop dop dop da da!

[DainBramaged]

21. The days when everything was almost right, yes, I too watched him on Biography

My first Yankee game in 1961 on WPIX and Whitey Ford was pitching, I remember those days well.


There are no Mike Wallace's anymore. And the industry only creates phone hackers and loudmouths.


Safe journey Mike, safe journey.

[Warren Stupidity]

41. Plus they did the stooges in the afternoon.

So we would sneak the tv on until mom found out.

[MADem]

33. Great program, Biography! I enjoyed those, too! nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

71. We watched the biography shows on film in school.

Back in the 60s.

[PassingFair]

8. I feel bad about Wallace. Too bad his son is such a twerp.

Even so, I feel badly for him, can't be easy to lose a legendary father that paved the way for you.

[babylonsister]

9. Sad news, but he had a long, interesting life. RIP, Mr. Wallace. nt

[Faygo Kid]

11. Whoa. A legend.

Not a Cronkite, but still. . .

[Hoyt]

14. Wow, how time flies. Knew he was old, but not 93. 60 Minutes was a good program.

[ThatsMyBarack]

15. I've been trying to find a video clip....

In which Mike goes after crooks ripping off old people at a Mobil station (1994).

Mike: These people are running like cockroaches!
Manager: I'm calling the police.
Mike: Yes, you do that.

[H2O Man]

16. Mike Wallace

was the first white journalist that Minister Malcolm X trusted. Wallace talked to Malcolm "man-to-man," about a wide range of topics. These included the Dead Sea Scrolls, and their significance in the early history of christianity.

[SHRED]

18. A long full life

Thanks Mike...RIP!

[Love Bug]

19. I used to wonder why anyone under investigation would agree to be interviewed by him

How many times did we see some corrupt CEO or politician's arse get handed to him by Wallace on 60 Minutes? More times than we can count, surely. He was one of the good ones who was a real Journalist, with a capital J, not like the infotainment news readers we have nowadays.

RIP Mr. Wallace. Thank you for sticking up for truth.

[MADem]

36. I think they thought that if they could con Mike Wallace, they'd be home free!

Those interviews were great, though--EXCRUCIATING, but great!

I used to love Martin Short's sweaty guy who smoked nervously, Nathan Thurm, who was modeled on people Wallace (I believe it's Harry Shearer playing him) put on the hot seat!

[onehandle]

20. True Journalist. nt

[DFW]

22. Another giant in journalism passes

So many have gone in the last 20 years, and no true giants to replace them.

My father was one of those giants, and when DC types ask me why I didn't try to follow
him, I said it was asking too much of me to fill those shoes. Chris Wallace is a shining
example of what I'm talking about. Helen Thomas, the last journalistic giant of my father's
generation that I keep in touch with, tried to encourage me to take my dad's place, but
I wasn't foolish enough to think I had his stuff. That's the trouble with journalism in the
States these days. NO ONE has the stuff, or if they do, they don't get a chance to show
it. MSNBC has a few with the passion and the brains, but they do mostly commentary
and interpretation. I'd trust Rachel Maddow to do it, but she "loves her job," and I don't
blame her for sticking where she is. So would I in her place!

These days we're stuck with hacks like Wolf Blitzer and the "most blah political team on
television." In fairness, I happen to know from some from CNN that Blitzer HATES being
forced to say that.

Christiane Amanpour is the closest thing CNN has to a real journalist, and she's British.

[MADem]

38. Christiane Amanpour is brilliant, and Persian, as well as British.

Her father was Iranian, her mother English.

She's not always impartial, but most reporters aren't--they have biases, it's just that some are better at hiding them than others. Mike Wallace wasn't unbiased, certainly, Dan Rather isn't either. She isn't afraid to go into a hot zone, either.

They're putting some footage of Wallace up on the networks now, and discussing his legacy, good stuff.

[DFW]

58. With a name like Amanpour, it's obvious she is of Persian background

But I heard her describe herself once, and as she herself called herself British, I only repeated what she said.

[MADem]

60. She is a dual national, and as far as Iran is concerned, she's Iranian FIRST because daddy counts

more than mommy in that culture.

She went to Iranian grammar schools before she was shipped off to boarding school in UK, and was raised in the Persian culture as a child. She's fluent in Farsi.

She's Persian as much as she is British--she's also not stupid, it's not popular to be Persian in some corners, these days.

[IDemo]

23. One who didn't subscribe to the "go along to get along" school of journalism

Unlike a large number of today's media types.

[still_one]

24. Soon there will be no real journalists left. /nt

[Cleita]

49. There will be but they won't be working for our propaganda mainstream media.

More accurately, there are no real journalists in our MSM even today with a few exceptions and they will be gone soon.

[Bjorn Against]

25. I highly recommend watching the movie The Insider

It will not exactly make you think highly of Mike Wallace, but it really shows how the news was manipulated at 60 Minutes. It has an excellent script, an amazing cast led by Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, and a very powerful message about how the media manipulates what we hear and destroys peoples lives in the process.

Mike Wallace is portrayed by Christopher Plummer and he comes off very badly in the movie so I am sure Wallace would not like me recommending it, but you should watch it anyways because it is one of my all time favorite movies.

[PassingFair]

30. I love that movie too.

Of course, Russell Crowe is my pretend boyfriend.....

[nolabear]

26. He was not only a fine journalist but a courageous battler of chronic depression.

He and Art Buchwald and William Styron were upfront and real about their battle with that demon, and at a time when I truly needed hope that I could function in the world of both ambition and depression they were tremendously helpful. For me it resolved, and I believe his courage and frankness helped me get to that point.

I admire him for much, but am grateful for that.

[Wind Dancer]

45. Ditto!

It was courageous of him to share the heartaches caused by depression. I was deeply moved by his struggles to deal with such an overlooked illness in this country.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

27. My condolences to the family. May he rest in peace.

[Little Star]

28. RIP Mr. Wallace, you contributed much in your life time.

[Ken Burch]

29. Farewell, Mr. Wallace

You brought out a lot of truth over the years.

Oh, and thanks for turning down that offer to be Nixon's press secretary.

[MADem]

39. +1,000,000! nt

[jade3000]

31. RIP

He gave us a lot of good stories & information over the years.

[RT_Fanatic]

32. Damn...

...why couldn't it be Rush Limbaugh?

[Vidar]

34. RIP. You were one of the great ones.

[avaistheone1]

35. I never seen another journalist whose interviews could take corporate giants to their knees

like Mike Wallace could. His work was absolutely riveting and a revelation.

RIP

[Skittles]

64. CORRECT

he was the master

[shanti]

37. RIP Mr. Wallace

I can't believe he retired at 87! He was one tough cookie!

[dmr]

40. Rest in Peace, Mr. Wallace

I remember you way back when ... back in the early days of 60s Minutes - you've done some pretty interesting stories, and I learned from them. I say thank you for that.

Peace to you.

[Auggie]

43. I saw him speak live the night the first Nixon/Frost interview aired

It was at Ohio University in Athens, May 4 1977. He was late, which was totally excusable -- he had to watch the debut show! Winsome speaker -- the college crowd totally dug him and I felt privileged being the first to hear his opinion of Nixon/Frost.

Iconic 20th century television personality. Thanks for memories, Mike.

[efilon]

44. My aunt died

Friday morning. Ten days before her 100th birthday. She did NOT want to be 100 and didn't want a birthday party. Then a few weeks ago she told her daughter that she was planning her own birthday. When asked what, she said "A funeral" Her funeral will be held next Saturday when we had planned her 100th birthday party. She was a wonderful lady. We will miss her.

[MADem]

48. Wow. My neighbor's mom did a very similar thing a year or so back.

Died within a week of her hundredth, but I think she was looking forward to the party. Had a new outfit ready to go and everything (and she was buried in that).

She was a hot shit-- the type of person where people at the funeral were actually saying "Too soon" and MEANT it.

[Bette Noir]

69. I'm sorry for your loss.

[Bossy Monkey]

47. RIP. Sympathies to the family, with sanity jumper cables thrown in for Chris

I'm an old-time radio fan. Towards the start of his career, Mike (then Myron) Wallace was the announcer for Spike Jones and his City Slickers. Kinda surreal as things turned out.

[Tom Ripley]

50. Rest In Peace to a great investigative journalist and wonderful man

[Cleita]

51. RIP and safe passage Mike.

You were one of the titans of the media and I sorry to see you join the others who kept me informed through the years.

[stonecutter357]

52. So mote it be.

Rest in peace, Mr. Wallace.

[stlsaxman]

53. Mike gave us a long dark look into the vaccuous soul that is Ayn Rand.

I refer to that video many times when going toe-to-toe with Libertarians.

Thank you, sir and safe passage.

[LongTomH]

55. One of his greatest!

Safe passage, Old Friend! You were one of the greats of broadcast journalism.

[MADem]

62. +1 nt

[Arugula Latte]

54. Rest in Peace, Mike. You were a hell of a journalist.

Too bad your bad seed Chrissy went into "journalism" for a network that despises truth and facts.

[progressoid]

56. rip

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

57. Just saw him in his cameo when i re-watched "A Face in the Crowd" last night

and mentioned to my friend how little he aged over the years.

[MADem]

61. He did have some sweet genetic code when it came to aging! He looked vigorous in his eighties. nt

[Bette Noir]

70. Yes. I was surprised when I heard he was 93.

[Loki]

59. Adieu Mr. Wallace

You were one of the true newsmen.

[OrwellwasRight]

63. RIP, Mr. Wallace.

Thanks for your work over the years!

[LittleCharlie]

65. A LEGEND

One of the all time greats. What a great career...he deserved to live to this ripe age. Thank you Mr. Wallace.

[Liber-AL]

66. Mike Wallace: A Giant among journalists and Men!

His relentless attack on shoddy businesses and corporations was one of the driving forces behind my liberalism!
I hated to see him retire. R.I.P. Mike...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

67. God rest his son's soul.

[ilikeitthatway]

68. Mike Wallace Was A Racist And A Homophobe

How can people whitewash that?

His son alone is unforgivable!

[Dimitri]

72. Miss You

I'm 52 years old and Mike has always been a part of my life ever since I could remember.
I will really miss the terrific NEWSMAN!!!
R.I.P.