Rory O’Connor asks Don Hewitt, the creator of CBS News’ “60 Minutes” program, what he thought about the show going forward with the memos at the center of the latest media controversy before they could be independently confirmed. While Hewitt isn’t saying much about what he would have done and hasn’t shared his opinion about the validity of the memos themselves, there is something curious about it - it seems that no one at CBS News even asked him a thing about the story. And why is it that O’Connor was told that Hewitt “wasn’t around much” and that there was no direct extension for him - just minutes before he got a direct line and reached the former executive producer on the telephone? Surely they’re not trying to hide Hewitt from talking to the press about this situation, are they?
And yes, I know he isn’t the producer of the show any longer - but he still works at CBS, and could still be used “behind the scenes” as another person to bounce ideas off of, right?
