Don Hewitt - 60 Minutes Obituary

By The Computer Guru
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I just finished watching the 60 Minutes broadcast this evening. The entire show was about the life and death of Don Hewitt - the creator of 60 Minutes . I am a big fan of the 60 Minutes news magazine and have been for more that three decades.

Don Hewitt practically invented television news as we know it. He lived to the ripe old age of 82 and touched many lives in a positive way. This should have been a time to celebrate the incredible success of 60 Minutes and what television news has become.

Unfortunately, I found myself weeping at just the thought of what television news HAS become. While we morn the passing of Don Hewitt and Walter Cronkite, we must also acknowledge that integrity in news and journalism has scummed to "profit at any cost". Instead of checking our facts and putting the brightest and best on both the writing and the presentation of news, we find the most vacuous and pretty talking heads. Accuracy of facts is no longer a requirement.

"so what if she's a stripper - can she read cue cards or not!?..."

In today's 24 hour news cycle, you don't have to believe what you say - just say it convincingly! FOX "News" has mastered this. The sad part is that many of Americans are simply too jaded or ignorant to understand or care.

RIP Don Hewitt - along with accuracy and integrity in journalism...