Yes, Some People Confused Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace of the Pittsburgh Steelers
All, Media Gossip/Musings, NFL April 9th. 2012, 10:12am
The gentleman at The506 have collected a smattering of twitter reaction to the death of Mike Wallace, the iconic journalist who is best known for his work on 60 Minutes. It seems a lot of football fans confused that Mike Wallace with Mike Wallace of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The latter is a talented but somewhat delusional receiver who wants Larry Fitzgerald money.
Common name, simple mistake. Here are three seemingly real tweets from Sunday:
* Mike Wallace died? The Steelers are fucked
* This Mike Wallace death is seriously bad news for the Steelers
* RIP Mike Wallace. Maybe the Steelers shouldn’t have cut Hines Ward?
[Storify via The506]
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April 9th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
Asked this last night on Twitter: Did 60 Minutes give him a silent clock like a major character death in 24?
April 9th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
I read 60 Minutes’ Wallce wiki page, seems like the dude went through alot. His oldest son died when he was 19, Mike had serious depression issues and attemped suicide. My current 60 Minutes rankings:
1. Scott Pelley
2. Lara Logan
3. Leslie Stahl
4. Steve Croft
April 9th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
60 Minutes: such an important show that always gets moved back at least a half hour every Sunday because of a sporting event.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Plus his son Chris works for Faux News. For a journalist, that has to hurt.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
I’m sure none of those were tongue in cheek. None at all.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Common name, simple mistake.
I don’t think this is a simple mistake. A current NFL player — budding star, who is on one of the most prominent franchises in US sports, dying at age 24 would be a HUGE story. No offense to 60 Minutes Mike Wallace, but it’s a little bit different.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
I’ve always thought that they should play the clip from The Insider where the guy portraying Wallace yells “That’s MISTER WALLACE to you!” whenever he goes deep.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
They keep giving Lara Logan all the pieces interviewing good looking people.
That polo player was significantly less attractive when he smiled.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
They keep giving Lara Logan all the pieces interviewing good looking people.
That polo player was significantly less attractive when he smiled.
Ha — that’s a great point. That story just didn’t do it for me.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
+1 Don’t necessarily agree, but the fact you can name 4 people on the show vaults you ahead of 75% of the commenters here.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Yeah it was pretty boring. I did like the stuff about training the horses. Animals are kick ass.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
Don’t necessarily agree, but the fact you can name 4 people on the show vaults you ahead of 75% of the commenters here.
JMac is about to put you on the TBL gymnastics team. You’re the first alternate in the vault.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
+1 Don’t necessarily agree, but the fact you can name 4 people on the show vaults you ahead of 75% of the commenters here.
This is one of those instances when I can tell who the youngsters are that post here. The recently deceased Mike Wallace was a respected titan in the news industry up until a few years ago when he cut back. Because he was in his late 80s. The dude was kind of a prick, but did the job well.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
They keep giving Lara Logan all the pieces interviewing good looking people.
Except for that time she was sexually assaulted and nearly killed by a violent mob in Cairo. Fucking savages.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
+1 Don’t necessarily agree, but the fact you can name 4 people on the show vaults you ahead of 75% of the commenters here.
Haha — I realize I am not the target demographic for 60 Minutes, but I’ve watched it since I was in high school. Gotta keep up with whats going on in the world.
Yeah it was pretty boring. I did like the stuff about training the horses. Animals are kick ass.
Agreed, those horses were incredible. Seemed way more involved than racehorses.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
The recently deceased Mike Wallace was a respected titan in the news industry
it was terrible what happened to his illegitimate black son in the basement of that pawn shop.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:31 AM
The dude was kind of a prick, but did the job well.
The best ones usually are pricks behind the scenes.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:33 AM
+1 Don’t necessarily agree, but the fact you can name 4 people on the show vaults you ahead of 75% of the commenters here.
You don’t think much of the commenteriat here do you.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Are you a terrorist?
April 9th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
That’s been the vibe for a while now
April 9th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
60 Minutes? What a terrible name for News Magazine show…
Kinshasa symphony FTW!
April 9th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Correction, he doesn’t know much about the people that comment here. Plenty of folks watch 60 Minutes.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Fortunately, I am a top 10%-er.
/Kernel Bromes’d
April 9th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Mila Kunis and Kate Upton recently wore the same dress.
I can’t even make a snarky comment about how much I want to sex them.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Correction, he doesn’t know much about the people that comment here. Plenty of folks watch 60 Minutes.
Irony —
Based on ratings, 60 Minutes is the most successful broadcast in U.S. television history, since it was moved into its present timeslot in 1975. For five of its seasons it has been that year’s top program, a feat matched by the sitcoms All in the Family and The Cosby Show, and surpassed only by reality TV show American Idol, which has been the No. 1 show for six consecutive seasons. 60 Minutes was a top ten show for 23 seasons in a row (1977–2000), an unsurpassed record.[17]
April 9th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Everyone should watch the Joy in the Congo piece from last night. It’s excellent and inspiring.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Always bringing it back to the commenters. Sad, really. But oh well.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Mike Wallace brought the ratings.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Wow. Kate is getting destroyed by Mila in that side by side. Kate’s corner needs to throw in the towel. End the fight! End the fight!
April 9th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
your mama so dumb it takes her 2 hours to watch 60 minutes!
/old school’d
April 9th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Kate is 5′ 10″? Damn it!
/also 5′ 10″
April 9th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
This still is one of my favorite 60 minutes segment.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Pissed I had to miss the episode last night but I had some work to do before GoT and Chopped. Thanks for reminding me you can watch the stories online.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Always bringing it back to the commenters. Sad, really. But oh well.
What can I say, I’m a petty man.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
I’m on /Team Upton but Mila wore that dress better.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
I just knew, sadly, this would happen.
/facepalming for ‘Merica. :^(
April 9th, 2012 at 10:43 AM
This still is one of my favorite 60 minutes segment.
The one I always like was when Scott Pelley owned that dude who was scamming those people with terminal cancer.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Fixed for EIC.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
What can I say, I’m a whiny bitch.
Fixed for EIC.
Nicely done Frenchy.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
1. Pelley
2. Croft
3. Logan
4. Safer
5. Stahl
Pelley’s in the top spot by a lot, too. Andersoon Cooper would be in the top 3 if he were a regular. Seriously though, 60 Minutes is can’t miss TV for me and I’m 29. The stories they report on are always compelling, well-supported, and relevant.
Wallace Rankings
1. Wallace (where is he, String?)
2. Marcellus Wallace
3. Mike Wallace (60 Minutes)
4. Shawn Wallace
5. Mike Wallace (Shitsburgh WR)
April 9th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
*4. Wallace Shawn
April 9th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Wallace Rankings
1. Wallace (where is he, String?)
2. Marcellus Wallace
3. Mike Wallace (60 Minutes)
4. Shawn Wallace
5. Mike Wallace (Shitsburgh WR)
1. William Wallce
2. Marcellus Wallace
3. Ben Wallace
4. Rasheed Wallace
5. White Mike Wallace
April 9th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Missing William Wallace and Mia Wallace.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:47 AM
On Tuesdays, HDNet has two hours of 60 Minutes-type journalism with Dan Rather Reports and World Report.
My hope is that it becomes the standard* for “cable news”.
*insert forged document joke here.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Forgetting William Wallace is unforgivable. Can put either of those basketball players in the top five, though. Not over Wire Wallace. Dude was gunned down in a row home, man.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Missing William Wallace and Mia Wallace.
what about Gromit’s Wallace?
April 9th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
60 Minutes had Don Hewitt and an incredible team of PA’s and researchers building the telecasts from the floor up. CBS cutting into that budget has impacted 60 minutes a bit, not unlike all the other major news telecasts.
This is not to say Wallace wasn’t accomplished in his own right or a world-class interviewer. Just because American Idol and The Voice have pushed 60 minutes out of the weekly top 10 in ratings doesnt mean it’s not part of the current media gold standard. That’s the top of the heap for investigative reporting.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
*insert forged document joke here.
I don’t think that will hurt Rather’s legacy that much. It’ll be mentioned high up because it’s what drove him off CBS, but it’s not like he frabricated shit himself and willfully went about doing a schtick on TV.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
what about Gromit’s Wallace?
THIS. +1 copy of Chicken Run on DVD.
/I don’t want to be a pie, I don’t like gravy’d
April 9th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
What does Marsellus Wallace look like?
April 9th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
/points at golf bag
April 9th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Old school additions:
Wallace (Wally) Joyner
Wallace (Wally) Cleaver
April 9th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
60 Minutes is still doing outstanding work, even in the face of budget cuts. Pelley’s takedown of the snakeoil stem-cell fraud was incredible. The show has done a great job recently of profiling towns, industries, and people affected by the economic collapse. It’s still really bad out there for a lot of people, and its important that there’s an outlet on television for 20-minute features highlighting what’s broken.
Plus, the wingsuit story was just fucking boss.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
What does Marsellus Wallace look like?
DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?!?!
April 9th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
The show has done a great job recently of profiling towns, industries, and people affected by the economic collapse. It’s still really bad out there for a lot of people, and its important that there’s an outlet on television for 20-minute features highlighting what’s broken.
Well said, great macro level stories are very difficult to produce. They find the stories that give you both sides and then try to boil down the essence of the issue.
April 9th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
It’s still really bad out there for a lot of people, and its important that there’s an outlet on television for 20-minute features highlighting what’s broken.
I work at an affiliate TV station and if anything, the higher ups keep pushing for shorter packages and stories in order to “maintain pacing” and shit like that. Yeah, I want you to tell a compelling news story in 90 seconds, INCLUDING the intro and outro. GTFO. That’s why TV news is in a bad way. We fucking cater to the lowest common denominator and make everything super short and dumbed down. News NEEDS more 2 and a half or 3 minute pieces and not just at sweeps time.
/climbs off soapbox
//pens Aaron Sorkin fan fic
April 9th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
I love all the animal stories on 60 Minutes. Especially the one about the guy who revolutionized the filming of wild animals. Jane Goodall is one of my favorite interviews. I also like Leslie Stahl’s pieces on people with amazing abilities. Or like the one about people with face blindness.
April 9th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Its not just TV news. EVERYTHING caters to the lowest common denominator anymore. 1000-word story? Fuck it, where’s the tweet? Network TV show that takes more than one episode to tell a story? Cancelled, and someone check if Jim Belushi is available. One hour presidential debate? WHERE’S THE SOUND BYTE??? Dozens of macro and micro factors combine to raise gas prices? Obama fix it now!!!!!
For once, I’d like America to cater to the intelligent among us and force the dunces to play catch-up.
/lights soapbox on fire
//throws at Kim Kardashian
April 9th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
For once, I’d like America to cater to the intelligent among us and force the dunces to play catch-up.
/subscribes to Queefer’s newsletter
April 9th, 2012 at 11:18 AM
What?!!
April 9th, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Did you bring the watch?
April 9th, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Beano Cook once said something to the effect of all of the sports/non-sport journalists, Lesley Stahl was the toughest of them all. Would like to see her interview Braun, Belichick, and some others. She doesn’t accept the BS answers like 99% of reporters do and asks tough, direct questions..
April 9th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Love it or leave it.
April 9th, 2012 at 12:02 PM
For once, I’d like America to cater to the intelligent among us and force the dunces to play catch-up.
Love it or leave it
/False dichotomies are the best dichotomies.
April 9th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
She sure looks tough
/HDTV is not made for wrinkled-up 60-year old broads
April 9th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
/HDTV is not made for wrinkled-up 60-year old broads
Ths skin on some of those golfers, egad. Matt Kuchar should never be allowed in the sun again.