10 Questions for Mike Wallace
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AND YOU OFTEN PAUSE AFTER THEIR ANSWERS. That's right. They get embarrassed by the silence, and they begin to fill the silence. Suddenly they begin to really talk.
WHO DO YOU LIKE AS AN INTERVIEWER? Ted Koppel, Barbara Walters, Charlie Rose. Larry King can be very good.
YOU SAY IN YOUR BOOK THAT YOU LOST RESPECT FOR DON HEWITT ABOUT HOW HE HANDLED YOUR PIECE ON JEFFREY WIGAND, THE TOBACCO-COMPANY WHISTLE-BLOWER WHOSE TALE WAS RETOLD IN THE INSIDER. We had a serious difference of opinion on that piece. But 60 Minutes would not have happened without him, and for me to say that I lost respect for him is over the top.
YOUR EPITAPH? Tough but fair.
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