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.
1:42:03
" Mr. Eric Kluster,
president of CBS News,
1:42:06
1 .4 million."
1:42:09
[Hewitt] Are you suggesting that
she and Eric are influenced by money?
1:42:12
No, no, of course they're not
influenced by money. They work for free.
1:42:16
And you are a volunteer
executive producer.
1:42:18
CBS does not do that. And you're
questioning our journalistic integrity.
1:42:22
No, I'm questioning
your hearing.
1:42:24
You hear "reasonable"
and "tortious interference."
1:42:26
I hear "potential Brown
&Williamson lawsuit...
1:42:29
jeopardizing the sale
of CBS to Westinghouse."
1:42:32
I hear "Shut the segment down.
Cut Wigand loose.
1:42:36
Obey orders and fuck off."
That's what I hear.
1:42:39
-[Hewitt] You're exaggerating.
- I am?
1:42:40
You pay me
to go get guys like Wigand,
1:42:43
to draw him out, to get him to trust
us, to get him to go on television.
1:42:47
I do. I deliver him.
He sits. He talks.
1:42:50
He violates his own fucking
confidentiality agreement.
1:42:53
And he's only the key witness in the
biggest public health reform issue,
1:42:57
maybe the biggest,
most expensive...
1:42:59
corporate malfeasance case
in U.S. history.