60 minutes tobacco scandal Minutes' most famous whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand: The big tobacco
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He could have used his power, his image to do something, and he didnt do it, Wigand said
The Globe and Mail
In the summer of 1992, Earl Kohnhorst, a senior executive at B&W, called Wigand into his office
In the end, The Wall Street Journal beat 60 Minutes to the story, and CBS News was accused by The New York Times of betraying the legacy of one of its best-known journalists, Edward R
Still, Tisch denies that this experience had anything to do with the CBS decision
CBS general counsel Ellen Kaden made close to $5 million
