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CBS Corporate leaned on CBS News,
which yanked an interview we did...
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with a top-ranking tobacco scientist,
corporate officer.
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They're trying to
close down the story.
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You mean, 60 Minutes
is letting CBS Corporate...
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decide what is
or is not news?
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What's Wallace think
about this? Or Hewitt, or--
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How prominent?
What kind of placement?
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Oh, come on, Lowell. This is
The New York Times. I don't know.
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Well, until you do, all I can
tell you is what you already know.
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They will not
air an interview.
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Call me back in ten.
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[Phone Ringing]
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- Hello?
- Debbie, it's me.
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Hi.
What time is it?
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- Oh, it's late.
- That I know. When are you coming back?
2:12:48
I can't get out of here till
mid-morning. I'll be in tomorrow night.
2:12:50
Listen, could you call a number
for me? It's in Mississippi.
2:12:54
Okay.
Hold on a second.
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What is it?
2:13:04
[Phone Ringing]
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- Hello?
- It's Lowell.
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All right, Lowell. Page one.
Editorial's interested. Let's talk.
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Here's how it works. You ask me
questions. I tell you if you're wrong.
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- Lowell, you sure you want to do this?
- Why?
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Hey, it doesn't work,
you've burned your bridges, man.
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You ready?
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Okay.
About this whistle-blower,
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did Mike and Don go along
with the corporate decision?
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- Lowell?
- Did I tell you you were wrong?
2:13:37
No. Um, I'm assuming
the cave-in begins...
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with the threat of litigation
from Big Tobacco.
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Are we talking, uh--
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Are we talking
Brown &Williamson here?