Mike Wallace

Anchor/ Correspondent

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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About

About this interview

In his three-hour Archive interview, Mike Wallace (1918-2012) talks about his early radio work, television's Mike and Buff, The Mike Wallace Interviews, and reporting the 1960 presidential election coverage. Then in 1963, he became a news correspondent at CBS, which led to his legendary position on 60 Minutes. Steve McClellan conducted the interview in New York, NY on April 17, 1998.

"In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be honorable, but that's not the way the world works. Reputations for reporters are made by discovering things underneath that rock."

Highlights

Mike Wallace on co-hosting Mike and Buff

06:13

Mike Wallace on joining 60 Minutes; on detailing the concept of the program

19:16

Mike Wallace on being sued for libel (and beginning his battle with depression) by William Westmoreland after he interviewed him for his special The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception

07:38

Mike Wallace on what makes a good interview

01:02

Full Interview

Chapter 1

On his early years and influences on first learning about television in Chicago

Chapter 2

On his first impressions of television; on his first shows Mike and Buff and Night Beat

Chapter 3

On his work on TV's Newsbeat, Race for Space, and covering the 1960 Presidential election

Chapter 4

On his work as a correspondent on 60 Minutes

Chapter 5

On his work on 60 Minutes (continued)

Chapter 6

On the continued success and challenges of 60 Minutes; on people he's worked with over the course of his career

Shows

60 Minutes

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Mike Wallace on joining 60 Minutes; on detailing the concept of the program

19:16

Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes' coverage of the Vietnam War

10:20

Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes' coverage of Watergate