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August 21, 2009
The "Big Get" Don Hewitt and "60 Minutes" Didn't Get
By eileen fleming
"Back in the days when television was in black and white, Don Hewitt was creating and producing the world's first taste of "news at the dinner hour" "Big event television news? Hewitt birthed it. The anchor on location for the big story? Hewitt birthed that too. "And then there was the 'big get.' Hewitt pioneered that too. Or at least the concept." In 2006, I mailed Mr. Hewitt a DVD copy of my "30 Minutes with Vanunu"
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"Back in the days when television was in black and white, Don Hewitt was creating and producing the world's first taste of "news at the dinner hour" "Big event television news? Hewitt birthed it. The anchor on location for the big story? Hewitt birthed that too. "And then there was the 'big get.' Hewitt pioneered that too. Or at least the concept." In 2006, I mailed Mr. Hewitt a DVD copy of my "30 Minutes with Vanunu"