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.
1:43:02
And Jeffrey Wigand,
who's out on a limb,
1:43:04
does he go on television
and tell the truth?
1:43:07
Yes.
Is it newsworthy?
1:43:09
Yes.
Are we gonna air it?
1:43:12
Of course not. Why?
1:43:14
Because he's not
telling the truth? No.
1:43:16
Because he is telling the truth.
That's why we're not gonna air it.
1:43:20
And the more truth he tells,
the worse it gets.
1:43:22
[Hewitt] You are a fanatic,
an anarchist. You know that?
1:43:26
If we can't have a whole show, then
I want half a show rather than no show.
1:43:29
But, oh, no. Not you. You
won't be satisfied unless you're
putting the company at risk!
1:43:33
What are you? Are you a businessman
or are you a newsman?
1:43:36
Because that happens to be
what Mike and l...
1:43:38
and some other people
around here do for a living.
1:43:41
- Lowell--
- Put the corporation at risk?
Give me a fucking break!
1:43:44
These people are
putting our whole reason...
1:43:47
- for doing what we do on the line!
- Lowell!
1:43:49
What?
1:43:51
I'm with Don
on this.