A Few Minutes with the Real Andy Rooney (tags)
Zenger's Newsmagazine associate editor Leo E. Laurence recalls his meeting with the late Andy Rooney, longtime commentator for the CBS news show "60 Minutes." They encountered each other at the 1996 Republican Convention in San Diego and Rooney personally apologized for his infamous on-air homophobic slur six years earlier.
Beware of Tabloid Journalism! (tags)
John Kerry and John Edwards were interviewed by Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes, Sunday July 11. She asked Edwards whether he made a deal with Kerry. Then she asked Kerry whether Edwards is a better cam-paigner. Small talk ignored the vital issues.
Illumination Without Batteries: Of Gas, Glow Sticks And War (tags)
This essay is a reflexive commentary on the current war in Iraq and the US military's abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Andy Rooney: Going Strong at 82 (tags)
Andy still has it going at 82. Great Stuff! 60 minutes a few weeks back
Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys eh? (tags)
I agree with Molly Ivins about once in a Blue Moon. It must be a Blue Moon.
Andy Rooney Is Down, Mostly Down (tags)
CBS' Andy Rooney can hardley see though the piles of cash at the Dem. Convo.