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    From Richard Miles@1:3634/24 to August Abolins on Tue Oct 6 22:14:22 2020
    On 04 Oct 2020, August Abolins said the following...

    I did not immediately realize that Chris Wallace (who
    moderated the recent Presidential Debate) is the son of Mike
    Wallace who was a correspondent on 60 Minutes.

    Until you posted this the other day I wasn't aware of it either. Haven't had any sort of live TV in several years, it's been a long time since I've
    watched 60 Minutes.

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  • From Richard Miles@2:460/58 to Doug Cooper on Tue Oct 13 14:22:12 2020
    I am rather enjoying the 60 Minutes reporting. The opening
    click-click-click of an analog watch is still amusing. When the correspondents introduce themselves in turn: "I'm <insert name 1 here>,
    and "I'm <insert name 2 here>, and "I'm <insert name 3 here>" is pretty
    funny. It reminds me of a SNL skit where they say "I'm <insert name>, and you're not!" I'm always waiting for the folks on the real 60 Minutes
    to say that!

    You know, I hadn't watched it in years. I had been fiddling with an
    ANSI graphic I'm making someone, and didn't realize whatever show I had been watching was over, and 60 Minutes came on. Kinda caught my
    attention as I hadn't seen it in years. I was rather suprised by the quality of the reporting and depth they went into. It was some crazy concept of curing sickle cell anemia by combining HIV DNA (minus
    whatever makes it bad for you) and something else .. and injecting it
    into the blood stream. Tests so far show it completely cured sickle
    cell, within tests under a microscope that is. I didn't see the end,
    was pulled away by the kids. But it was very interesting.

    -doug
    That's one of the things I remember, the depth of the reporting. Used to watch it with my parents back in the early eighties and they seemed to work really hard at going all in on a story.

    When I mentioned it had been a few years since I had seen it I guess I meant a few decades. <G>

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to RICHARD MILES on Tue Oct 13 15:46:00 2020
    That's one of the things I remember, the depth of the reporting. Used to watch >t with my parents back in the early eighties and they seemed to work really har
    at going all in on a story.

    They really started lowering the bar about 20 years ago. I have not
    watched it since then.


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mike Powell on Thu Oct 15 20:31:00 2020
    Mike,

    They really started lowering the bar about 20 years ago. I have not watched it since then.

    They didn't want to raise the bar, as it made it too hard to get the
    drinks. <G>

    Daryl

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