One of the original corresponds of CBS’s 60 minutes presented an interview with Roger Clemens

Mike Wallace, a well-known investigative journalist, who was one of the initial correspondents of CBS’ 60 Minutes died, when he was 93 years old. This correspondent hosted fascinating interviews with world well-known individuals. The most recent stories were about the former professional baseball player Roger Clemens and accusations connected with administration of anabolic steroids and HGH by this person. Mike Wallace’s last appearance on TV was linked with this case.
The interview with Roger Clemens about steroids was hosted in January, 2008. Rusty Hardin, the defense attorney for Roger Clemens, arranged the appearing of this baseball star in the Show 60 Minutes. Roger Clemens had to defense himself against accusations of Brian McNamee, his former personal coach. This trainer accused Roger Clemens in usage of anabolic steroids and HGH. He collaborated with investigators of Mitchell Report, when they tried to define the widespread of steroid use in the Major League Baseball.
Wallace didn’t enforce Clemens to say that he administered steroids. He just encouraged him to prove to others that he had administered neither steroids, nor HGH. Clemens stated that he would be able to pull a tractor with his teeth, if he had utilized steroids.
The interview of Clemens was a calamitous public relations ploy for Rusty Hardin. It was not a perceptive interview. But it renewed the interest after Wallace had died.
Actually, Wallace presented much more interesting interviews during his career. The steroid interview with Roger Clemens was not the most interesting. Why did it draw all people’s attention?
Other interviews of Wallace are quite interesting. Wallace made an interview with the lawyer of the president Richard Nixon and the assistant to the president for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman during the Watergate scandal. Wallace called the Watergate scandal “perjury”. He enumerated such methods of Richard Nixon, as thefts, spying, obstruction of justice, etc. The scandal led to resignation of the president Richard Nixon.
Wallace arranged also an interview with the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini. The reporter named him a “lunatic”. However, he was quoting the president Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt.
Another person that was interviewed by Wallace was the Vice President of Research and Development at a tobacco company. Jeffrey Wigand admitted that executives of the company lied before the Congress about their knowledge about nature of nicotine.
Although these interviews were significant, people directed their attention to insignificant interview with Roger Clemens. It may be because while lying of Roger Clemens before the Congress may cause federal struggle against steroids, the war on nicotine will never exist.