Mike Wallace
Mike Wallace
Myron Leon "Mike" Wallacewas an American journalist, game show host, actor and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his sixty-year career. He was one of the original correspondents for CBS' 60 Minutes, which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth9 May 1918
CountryUnited States of America
Yeah, I was a pretty good kid, you know, I was - I was- I was an overachiever and I worked very hard, played a hell of a fiddle.
I went to work when I was a young fellow and I loved what I did. And I just kept working. And when I decided that maybe the time had come for me to quit, I got depressed. What could I do if I didn't work?
When I came to CBS it was the mother church. I mean that was - everybody wanted to go to work for CBS News.
Incidentally, you know that we made a bet?
The bet was that you were going to take me to lunch or dinner, ... So what's it going to be?
I'm going to more and more these days.
I just want them to remember Friday was not the end of their season. The playoffs are out of the question, but we had a losing streak. Now maybe we can start a winning streak.
I'm just not that comfortable writing so much about myself.
I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because - and that's a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts.
I'll be available when asked for whatever chores CBS News, '60 Minutes,' 'The Evening News,' et cetera, have in mind for me.
I've known (Democratic presidential nominee John) Kerry for 25 years. He's a patriot. I'm listening to what he has to say,
It was a great experience. We came so close last week but came up a little short. It was just an unbelievable feeling.
It's hard to be mad at my brother. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. He was only looking out for me, but he almost cost me a spot in the Daytona 500.
The problem became this: We became a caricature of ourselves. We were after light, and it began to look as though we were after heat, not to reveal some information or not to find out the story.