DC> AA> I am rather enjoying the 60 Minutes reporting. The opening
DC> AA> click-click-click of an analog watch is still amusing. When the
DC> AA> correspondents introduce themselves in turn: "I'm ,
DC> AA> and "I'm , and "I'm " is pretty
DC> AA> funny. It reminds me of a SNL skit where they say "I'm ,
DC> AA> and you're not!" I'm always waiting for the folks on the real 60 Minutes
DC> AA> to say that!
DC>
DC> You know, I hadn't watched it in years. I had been fiddling with an
DC> ANSI graphic I'm making someone, and didn't realize whatever show I had
DC> been watching was over, and 60 Minutes came on. Kinda caught my
DC> attention as I hadn't seen it in years. I was rather suprised by the
DC> quality of the reporting and depth they went into. It was some crazy
DC> concept of curing sickle cell anemia by combining HIV DNA (minus
DC> whatever makes it bad for you) and something else .. and injecting it
DC> into the blood stream. Tests so far show it completely cured sickle
DC> cell, within tests under a microscope that is. I didn't see the end,
DC> was pulled away by the kids. But it was very interesting.
DC>
DC> -doug
That's one of the things I remember, the depth of the reporting. Used to watch it with my parents back in the early eighties and they seemed to work really hard at going all in on a story.
When I mentioned it had been a few years since I had seen it I guess I meant a few decades.
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