Roger Clemens defended himself at the Show 60 Minutes

Mike Wallace, a well-known investigative reporter, who was one of the initial correspondents of CBS’ 60 Minutes died, when he was 93 years old. This journalist hosted capturing interviews with world celebrated figures. The latest stories were connected with the former professional baseball player Roger Clemens and accusations related to usage of anabolic steroids and HGH by this athlete. Mike Wallace’s last appearance on TV was related to this case.
The interview with Roger Clemens about steroids was presented in January, 2008. Rusty Hardin, the defense attorney for Roger Clemens, arranged the appearing of this former baseball player in the Show 60 Minutes. Roger Clemens had to defense himself against accusations of Brian McNamee, his former personal coach. This trainer accused Roger Clemens in application of anabolic steroids and HGH. He cooperated with Mitchell Report investigators, when they tried to find out the widespread of steroid use in the Major League Baseball.
Wallace didn’t enforce Clemens to tell that he administered steroids. He just convinced him to prove to others that he had applied neither steroids, nor HGH. Roger Clemens said that he would be able to pull a tractor with his teeth, if he had utilized steroids.
The interview of Clemens was a black public relations maneuver for his defense attorney. It was not the best interview. But it renewed the interest after Wallace’s death.
In fact, Wallace hosted much more interesting interviews during his career. The steroid interview with Roger Clemens was not the most interesting. Why did it draw each person’s attention?
Other interviews of Wallace are quite interesting. Wallace interviewed the lawyer of the president Richard Nixon and the assistant to the president for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman during the Watergate scandal. Wallace defined the Watergate scandal as “perjury”. He named such methods of Richard Nixon, as thefts, spying, obstruction of justice, etc. The scandal caused resignation of the president Richard Nixon.
Wallace arranged also an interview with the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini. The journalist identified him as a “lunatic”. However, he was quoting the president Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt.
Another individual who was interviewed by Wallace was the Vice President of Research and Development at a tobacco company. Jeffrey Wigand admitted that executives of the company lied before the Congress about their knowledge linked with nature of nicotine.
Although these interviews were significant, a lot of people directed their attention to insignificant interview with Roger Clemens. It may be because while lying of Roger Clemens before the Congress can cause federal struggle against steroids, the war on nicotine will never exist.