1:55:03
Your Honor,
could I have a word with you?
1:55:07
You presided in a dispute
over support payments.
1:55:10
Jeffrey Wigand?
Yeah, I cited him.
1:55:14
CBS is under criticism because
the CBS News program, 60 Minutes,
1:55:18
will not be presenting
an interview--
1:55:20
What the hell
are you doing?
1:55:22
What does it look like
I'm doing? I'm editing.
1:55:24
No, no, no that. I'm talking
about the Associated Press.
1:55:27
They got the story that
we pulled this interview,
and they talked to Mike and l.
1:55:32
Did you tell them
that we were lying?
1:55:34
No!
I should have.
1:55:36
I told them I disagreed
with you, Mike and Kluster...
1:55:38
that this segment
is as good as the original.
1:55:41
I'm not lying for you.
I'm not gonna shut up for you.
1:55:43
- Not on any of it.
- Hey, I'm not gonna fire you.
1:55:45
Okay? Take a vacation. Now!
1:55:48
[Phone Ringing]
1:55:52
Lowell? Look, I've decided
to preface Sunday's show.
1:55:55
I did three minutes on the
Ewening News. You'll want to see it.
1:55:58
- Where are you going?
- I've been banished...
1:56:01
in lieu of being fired.
1:56:04
I took off on Tisch.
I took off on Corporate.
1:56:07
They'll know they're not, uh, going
to see everything on Sunday night.
1:56:11
I don't know. How does that
get Wigand on the air?
1:56:14
Do me a favor,
will you? Spare me.
1:56:16
For God's sake, get in the
real world. What do you think?
1:56:19
I'm going to resign in protest
to force it on the air?
1:56:22
The answer's no. I don't plan
to spend the end of my days...
1:56:25
wandering in the wilderness
of National Public Radio.
1:56:28
That decision
I've already made.
1:56:32
[Woman On TV] This Sunday,
Wallace will broadcast a report...
1:56:34
on the tobacco industry,
including the tough tactics
tobacco companies employ...
1:56:38
to keep a lid on information
that might be damaging.
1:56:41
Is there information
that people should have...
1:56:44
that they're not going to have
because you're not going to
broadcast this interview?
1:56:48
- Yes.
- Today, CBS News president
Eric Kluster...
1:56:52
defended the network's decision
not to broadcast...
1:56:55
key portions
of the controversial interview.
1:56:58
Mr. Kluster said, quote,
"The atmosphere is tougher than ever. "