CBS' 60 Minutes program, a self-proclaimed "News Magazine" is not news anymore. Viacom (owner of CBS) allows CBS to use the one hour to push their anti-war agenda, and to cross sell for Simon and Schuster (another Viacom company). Nearly every week they're showing stories on the Irag war, but their slant on the war is evident.
Also nearly every week, they conduct interviews with someone who has a book coming out. And, oh by the way, they say "the book is published by Simon and Schuster, a CBS sister company."
Although their pieces on the war can be interesting, and the interviews have been mostly entertaining, it really can't be called news. There is a journalism rule that says those who report the news cannot be the news. CBS violates this rule every time they give slanted war reports, and push books published by their sister company.
Keep watching, as I know I will. But only for the entertainment value, not for any news value. It's simply self-promotion.
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