1:40:01
- [ Ringing ]
- Hello?
1:40:04
Debbie, it's me. I want
you to check some filings,
1:40:07
and give me John Wilson's number
at Bear-Stearn.
1:40:17
- [ Bergman ] What now?
- Kluster's coming over.
1:40:27
[Man]
Hello, Lowell, Mike.
1:40:29
-[Door Closes]
- Don.
1:40:31
There has been so much soul searching
about this Wigand.
1:40:35
I've decided we should cut
an alternate version of
the show without his interview.
1:40:38
I've decided we should cut
an alternate version of
the show without his interview.
1:40:39
So what happened to Ms. Caperelli's
checking with outside counsel first?
1:40:44
- All that crap?
- That's happening.
1:40:46
Hopefully, we won't have to use
the alternate, but we should
have it in the can.
1:40:48
- I'm not touching my film.
- I'm afraid you are.
1:40:51
- No, I'm not.
- We're doing this
with or with out you, Lowell.
1:40:55
If you like, I can assign
another producer to edit your show.
1:41:00
Since when has the, uh,
1:41:02
paragon of
investigative journalism...
1:41:06
allowed lawyers to determine
the news content on 60 Minutes?
1:41:10
[Hewitt]
It's an alternate version.
1:41:12
So what if we have
an alternate version?
1:41:15
And I don't think our being cautious
is so damned unreasonable.
1:41:19
So now, if you will
excuse me, gentlemen,
1:41:21
Mr. Rather's been complaining
about his chair again.
1:41:23
Before you go,
1:41:27
I discovered this.
1:41:31
S.E.C. filing for the sale of CBS
Corporation to Westinghouse Corporation.
1:41:35
- What?
- Yeah, I heard rumors.
1:41:37
It's not a rumor. It's a sale.
If Tisch can unload CBS...
1:41:40
for $81 a share
to Westinghouse,
1:41:43
and then is
suddenly threatened...
1:41:45
with a multi-billion dollar
lawsuit from Brown &Williamson,
1:41:48
that could screw up the sale,
could it not?
1:41:50
-[Kluster] What are you implying?
- I'm not implying. I'm quoting.
1:41:54
Uh, " More vested interests. Persons
who will profit from this merger.
1:41:58
" Ms. Helen Caperelli, general counsel
of CBS News, 3.9 million.