60 Minutes is a cocoon filled to the brim with the latest news from across the United States. This show with a news-magazine format, is a compilation of intriguing stories, recent developments in the issues that concern all, and interviews that put the interviewee in a tizzy.

Facts are seldom compromised and every attempt is made to bring the harsh reality to the forefront. Kick started in 1968, the show is regarded as a progenitor of investigative journalism. Among the doldrums it has ensued, the event that tops the list is the spotlight thrown on the usage of Alar on apples. It was a 1989 story that demanded for the limited usage of this cancer causing agent. Similar on the lines was a report in 2007, on the usage of web portals in the realty business, with the changed business model jeopardizing the commission of agents associated with it.

The show has a whopping 78 Emmys in its kitty and news broadcasters, who are the deans of news reporting and journalism. These include the likes of Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, the former stars of the show, as well as Steve Kroft and Lesley Stahl.

Lesley Stahl has been the center of attraction, who has taken interviews of important figures like Tony Blair, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon and Ahmed Chalabi. Having witnessed the entire Reagan, Carter and Bush era, she brings to the viewers, news emanating from the action of those, who are in the forces of power.

The show owes a lot to its vast network of correspondents, who slog it out to cover stories that demand instant attention of general public and concerned authorities.  Slurry of action-reaction generated by the opinions expressed on the show has raged debates, as well as controversies. Nevertheless, 60 Minutes corroborates on its fact-finding as the tool that helps it draw some inferences. The show impels everyone by highlighting issues that are being subdued amidst the usual cacophony.