Heads up: ’60 Minutes’ on Siegelman?
By Wade Kwon
CBS news magazine “60 Minutes” has been investigating whether White House politics pushed for the prosecution of former governor Don Siegelman. He and HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy were convicted on charges of conspiracy, bribery and more. Republican operatives with White House ties have been accused of setting up Siegelman, a Democrat. Among those interviewed by CBS is Rep. Artur Davis (D).
The story had originally been scheduled to air in November, but was postponed, stirring up blog rumors galore. It could air at 6 tonight on CBS 42 or within the next few weeks. (The show Web site doesn’t say one way or the other.)
Update: It’s not Feb. 17. Maybe Feb. 24? (Against the Barbara Walters special before the Oscars.)
Update: Yep, Feb. 24.
Update: Watch the full report from “60 Minutes.”
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Monday, February 18, 2008, 10:01 am
Wade:
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The situation with this 60 Minutes and the Siegelman story is becoming almost like a bad joke.
How many times can one network keep fuddling around a story? It was more important that we see that Danish people are the “happiest in the world” than to give a man and his family some shot at justice?
All this gives creedence to the stories that there is an epic battle to keep this story from seeing the light of day.
Dar
DemocracyInteractive.com
Monday, February 18, 2008, 10:18 am
It’ll be interesting to see when (not if) it airs. If they air it next week, everyone will complain that they “buried” it against Oscar night competition.
All other blog posts I’ve seen — either stating that it will air on a specific date, or that it’s being kept down by The Man — have zero cited sources. Zero.
Thursday, February 21, 2008, 11:52 pm
On Sunday, “60 Minutes” will air its investigation of whether former governor Don Siegelman was targeted by GOP strategist Karl Rove.