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Obama interview sets '60 Minutes' viewership record
thrfeed.com - 11/17/2008
Obama interview sets '60 Minutes' viewership record
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Barack Obama's first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night's "60 Minutes" its biggest audience in at least nine years. The CBS News program was seen...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/17/2008
Barack & Michelle Obama Give "60 Minutes" Largest Viewership Since 1999
— huffingtonpost.com — Barack Obama's first televised post-election interview gave Sunday night's "60 Minutes" its biggest audience in at least... nine years. The CBS News program was seen by 24.5 million viewers and earned a 6.4 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. That marks ... (more) Barack & Michelle Obama Give "60 Minutes" Largest ...

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politicalwire.com - 11/19/2008
Obama on 60 Minutes
— politicalwire.com — In his first televised interview since winning the presidency, Barack Obama spoke to 60 Minutes about the... economy, the automobile industry, the government's $700 billion financial industry bailout program, their visit to the White House, the ... (more) Obama on 60 Minutes

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talkleft.com - 11/17/2008
Obama On 60 Minutes
— talkleft.com — The transcript . On torture and Gitmo: Kroft: There are a number of different things that you... could do early pertaining to executive orders . One of them is to shutdown Guantanamo Bay. Another is to change interrogation methods that are used by ... (more) Obama On 60 Minutes

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Obama on '60 Minutes'
Ben Smith's Blog — His first post-election interview, last night, gave "60 Minutes" its highest ratings in nine years. Ambinder catches an interesting hint that energy could come first.

Obama interview sets '60 Minutes' viewership record
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... covering how the election has impacted their family. Obama said the government should help the U.S. auto industry and reiterated his plan to pull troops out of Iraq, though the president-elect largely refused to answer questions about his cabinet choices, saying only that announcements would be made "soon." "60 Minutes" has been on a ratings roll this season. Last week's episode interviewing Obama's top four advisers gave the program its highest audience in a year.... Read more: http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/11/obama-interview.html

Obama Interview Gives 60 Minutes Best High Ratings In 9 Years
The Moderate Voice — ... It still wasn’t as big an attraction as football, but CBS’ 60 Minutes interview with President Elect Barack Obama got monster ratings and was the best the usually high-rated show has gotten in 9 years: ...

So Is This
Swampland — ... From Obama's 60 Minutes interview, this seemingly obvious but all-too-rare, refreshingly non-ideological declaration about how best to govern: ...

Remainders: 24.5 million
Michael Calderone's Blog — Obama sets a “60 Minutes” record. Palin may get $7 million for her book. Murdoch says newspapers have forgotten their “bond with readers.” Glenn Beck says he was called a “racist bigot” at a Wendy’s. David Frum follows Christopher Buckley out the door at National Review. Will Obama White House be open to the media? AP restructures Washington coverage for regional papers. Helen Thomas makes her return.

True Believer
Weekly Standard Blog — ... From Obama's 60 Minutes interview, this seemingly obvious but all-too-rare, refreshingly non-ideological declaration about how best to govern: ...

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