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March 28, 2010
In "The Russian Is Coming," 60 Minutes' Kroft pitches softball questions to insouciant billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov
Atlantic Yards Report
Congratulations, 60 Minutes — you know you've made it to the big time of slipshod reporting when you've been "Oderized" (that goes for you, too, New York Times, but you're used to it). The remarkable Norman Oder has already dissected the Prokhorov interview.
The CBS newsmagazine show 60 Minutes is surely capable of tough investigation; in 2003, it ran a tough piece on eminent domain abuse around the country, even mentioning an episode in which the New York Times "teamed up with a major real estate developer" to get New York State to use eminent domain for a new Times headquarters.
That very same "major real estate developer," Forest City Ratner, has achieved similar success in getting the state to declare the Atlantic Yards site blighted, but that's not the story 60 Minutes wanted this time.
It sought a "get"--an exclusive interview with expected Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and, in the segment broadcast tonight, The Russian Is Coming, correspondent Steve Kroft lobbed softball questions at the billionaire, partied with him (as in screenshot at right), and generally couldn't suppress a grin from his face.
NoLandGrab: Frankly, we've seen harder-hitting reporting from Sid & Marty Krofft.
Posted by eric at March 28, 2010 11:59 PM