Mediagazer: Mike Wallace, star interviewer on CBS News' ‘60 Minutes’ for decades, dies at age 93 (Associated Press)

12:50 PM ET, April 8, 2012

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Morley Safer / CBS News:

Remembering Mike Wallace 1918-2012 … (CBS News) For half a century, he took on corrupt politicians, scam artists and bureaucratic bumblers. His visits were preceded by the four dreaded words: Mike Wallace is here. — Wallace took to heart the old reporter's pledge to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

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Associated Press:

Mike Wallace, star interviewer on CBS News' ‘60 Minutes’ for decades, dies at age 93 — CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make …

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Reactions to the Death of Mike Wallace, ‘60 Minutes’ Pioneer — Mike Wallace in his CBS office in 2006. — 11:40 a.m. | Updated Mike Wallace, a pioneer of American broadcasting who confronted leaders and liars for the newsmagazine “60 Minutes” for four decades, has died, CBS News said Sunday morning.

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Rich Lowry / National Review:

Parting Ways — Anyone who has read Derb in our pages knows he's a deeply literate, funny, and incisive writer. I direct anyone who doubts his talents to his delightful first novel, “Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream,” or any one of his “Straggler” columns in the books section of NR.

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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

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Reuters:
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Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:

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Guardian:

Murdoch press savages Australian rival in pay TV row — News Limited accuses Fairfax group of trashing media principles — Australia's raucous press is no stranger to confrontational journalism, but the last week has seen a bitter war of words between the country's two largest newspaper groups …

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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

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