Don Hewitt
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"Donald Shepard "Don" Hewitt" was an United States/American television producer/television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine, in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime time/prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the Nielsen ratings#Annual Top-Rated Shows/nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. Hewitt produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960.

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You know that clicker?

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I have a built-in bias against reporters who have axes to grind. I think there are reporters that allow their own bias to encroach on their journalism, and that's a crime against journalism.

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He can thread a needle with a well-turned phrase.

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You know that clicker? It's going to change the world more than any other thing.

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Artie had an eye for what worked visually and what didn't. He was invaluable to me.

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It sits as a force in your hand. You can change stations with a button. You change advertisers' income. You force networks to think about every fifteen minutes of programming now.

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Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.

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He was probably the best-blocking running back I ever saw. He was just an outstanding player who always knew how to keep the team loose. He always had everyone laughing when he would pull tricks on guys.

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He had a knack for getting things out of people that others never got out of them — niches and hidden moments that they never shared with anyone. But they did with Mike.

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