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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How Mike Wallace changed broadcast journalism

    Mike Wallace started "60 Minutes" in 1968 with Don Hewitt. He brought drama to news coverage with his probing and aggressive questioning.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 25, 2019 • 1 min read

    Mike Wallace started "60 Minutes" in 1968 with Don Hewitt. He brought drama to news coverage with his probing and aggressive questioning. Throughout his 70-year career, he interviewed Donald Trump, Salvador Dali, Martin Luther King, Ayatollah Khomeini, Vladimir Putin, Oprah, and on and on. Wallace is the subject of a new documentary called “Mike Wallace is Here.”

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    After Mueller hearings, are we closer to impeachment?
    1. 0:00Congressman Ted Lieu on impeaching Trump after Mueller hearings
    2. 8:38Meuller says Russians are still interfering in U.S. elections, so why won’t Congress act?
    3. 15:45Why are Americans drawn to conspiracy theories?
    4. 26:11How Mike Wallace changed broadcast journalismYou’re reading this
    5. 41:45Public outrage sparks from Gordon Parks' photos of a boy in Brazilian slums
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    The full episode

    4 of 5
    After Mueller hearings, are we closer to impeachment?
    1. 0:00Congressman Ted Lieu on impeaching Trump after Mueller hearings
    2. 8:38Meuller says Russians are still interfering in U.S. elections, so why won’t Congress act?
    3. 15:45Why are Americans drawn to conspiracy theories?
    4. 26:11How Mike Wallace changed broadcast journalismYou’re reading this
    5. 41:45Public outrage sparks from Gordon Parks' photos of a boy in Brazilian slums
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