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Mike Wallace Mocks Charlton Heston

ComengetitComengetit Member Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭✭✭
I just thought it was a nice short read, and it throws me an idea. I'll bet you can figure out what that may be. Beside the fact that Mike Wallace is a *.



Mike Wallace Mocks Charlton Heston


Mike Wallace could be barred by his own network from covering gun-related stories on CBS News.

The "60 Minutes" showboat correspondent appeared at a birthday party for columnist Art Buchwald -- a party that was also a fundraiser for the Brady Center, a prominent advocate of gun control laws.

At the event Wallace showed a 47-second video of a past "60 Minutes" segment that, by Wallace's own admission, cast former NRA President Charlton Heston in a less-than-favorable light.

In introducing the video, Wallace called Heston the "self-righteous enemy of the Sarah and Jim Brady bunch," according to a CBS News blog on its PublicEye site.

After the video, he mocked Heston's widely seen comments that the government would take away his gun only from his "cold, dead hands."

Linda Mason, senior vice president for standards and special projects at CBS News at the time, said that if a CBS correspondent becomes identifiable with one side of a controversial issue, the correspondent would no longer be allowed to cover that issue.

When asked if Wallace's appearance in this case made him "identifiable" on this issue, Mason said that if Wallace "suggests a story that we feel is a potential conflict, we'll look at it and if we see a conflict, we'll turn it down."

So, it certainly appears that Wallace made reference to the gun debate in a way that made him identifiable with one side of this issue.

If CBS is as good as its word, we won't be seeing Wallace doing any more stories involving Second Amendment issues. Perhaps his long overdue retirement would be the next step.






There are two kinds of people in this World....Those who lead....and those who get the hell out of the way...GUT CHECK!...Which one are you?

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  • Cornflk1Cornflk1 Member Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do you actually believe Ms. Mason will rule against her "cash cow"????

    Response will be, " Mike Wallace was at a private function and his opinion in no way represents those of CBS". same old sh**, different date. [:(][:(][:(]
  • ComengetitComengetit Member Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Cornflk1
    Do you actually believe Ms. Mason will rule against her "cash cow"????

    Response will be, " Mike Wallace was at a private function and his opinion in no way represents those of CBS". same old sh**, different date. [:(][:(][:(]


    Fine, challenge her to back it up then. Put her on the 'Hot Box' and see what she does.


    There are two kinds of people in this World....Those who lead....and those who get the hell out of the way...GUT CHECK!...Which one are you?
  • gunphreakgunphreak Member Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    CBS news is a dying thing, anyway. Won't be long (hopefully) and CBS may die of a thousand cuts.

    Death to Tyrants!!!
    Lev 26:14-39

    Those who would offer any interpretation that would relegate Amendment II to "relic" status of a bygone era are blatantly stating that the remainder of the Bill of Rights isn't worth a damn, either.

    Luke 22:36.
    "Followers of Christ, be armed."
  • ComengetitComengetit Member Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Seems to me that this may be a very opportune time for them to switch gears and head for the right. There are a heck of alot of us with no real network we can call our own. Others would follow and before you know itgone.gif no more Democrats! Oh what a wonderful world...<Louis Armstrong Recites>


    There are two kinds of people in this World....Those who lead....and those who get the hell out of the way...GUT CHECK!...Which one are you?
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