Reagan, Thatcher, Friedman -- The Grand Triumvirate of Corporate Greed
What marks "60 Minutes" apart from the aforementioned commercial offerings is an unrelenting determination to tackle the big issues facing America and the world. If these issues happen to be controversial and hard-hitting, so much the better.
It was "60 Minutes" that provided Seymour Hersh with an opportunity to cut through Cheney-Bush spin control and provide facts on what is really happening in Iraq and how that tragedy occurred.
We also saw Leslie Stahl interview the bombastic Ahmad Chalibi and give him the opportunity to reveal himself as the charlatan he is, the highly paid huckster who sold the "weapons of mass destruction" argument to the O'Reillys and Hannitys of the world.
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