60 minutes tobacco scandal How '60 Minutes' Turned Into 30 Years of Déjà Vu Mike Wallace reflects on the

I thought of a remark he had made to me on a plane in January: I wish I could see the horizon. When we got to New York that day, there was a driving rain, with gales of wind

He was sitting at a small table

Hes got a very, very shaky record. It seemed obvious that he was recalling the details of a written memo, although at that time I did not know of the 500-page dossier

Recently a top White House official called the hiring of Kenneth Starr a travesty because of the possibility of conflict of interest in investigating the president as he attempts to regulate the tobacco industry

O.K., Jack, he says

While a movie based on a Vanity Fair article and a 60 Minutes story about tobacco executive legalese might not seem as immediately thrilling as a movie about bank robbers, Mann's expert filmmaking, a knockout cast of actors, and thoughtful themes addressing corporate overreach and journalistic ethics make The Insider one of the best dramas of the 1990s