mike wallace, incredible mike wallace. [laughter] i knew i was in trouble when the entire group of the 60 minutes correspondent walked down ball on something important and ended up in the men's room. [laughter] that must be useful to know what they are going to do next. i had a certain obliviousness because i think they were -- new kids always got a bit of an initiation. >> when you went to abc, was a better by that time? >> it was different because "60 minutes," i walked in as the first on-air correspondent there and it was a lot of learning. it was hilarious and wonderful, too. i like to think i gave as good as i got. i like to think it was like going into a circuit training course and by the end i had muscles i did not know i had. when i got to abc, i was a co- anchored with sam donaldson going in, it was understood that we were there and started together and it was quenelle biting and it was a disaster in the beginning. we were a saturday night live skit. many nights, we were a skit on saturday night live, we were so b

next week, mike wallace calls me for an interview. i was talking to ms. colvin earlier. she said the media has a certain way to take people and put them up and you do not hear about everyone else. as if these are isolated incidents. so they called and his producers were like, we want to interview. we want to interview you on your campus in cambridge. i said, my brothers would like to, too. we have been putting this case for five months. basically, i said we are not going to do it. this is bogus. my porter rican red-haired cousin, he has funny hair. he was there, too. so we came back and they decided to do it with everybody. when that story came out, i started getting harassed. the police were giving out my social security number, my name. i had 50 cases of identity theft that followed. the next thing you ask to talk about was november 23, 2002. this experience changed my life. we started going to the prisons with a purpose now. we turned into touring artists for the prisons around the country. talking to the folks who were incarcerated, folks in the local community to in

drew pearson, the leading mike richter of the day went on mike wallace's show and accused ted sorensen of actually writing that book. what the kennedys had sorenson do was to go on the air and swear under oath that he did not read the book. he had been leaking all along that he did. he finally admitted as much in his memoir. he wrote the book. jfk won a pulitzer prize for a book he did not right. that's not to say he stupid. just not as smart as we would like to think that they are. this is, you know, for instance, when george bush, but brought out out or. roughly comparable. then he dragged out bill bradley. he was my idol and high school. he was ahead of me at princeton. we all thought he was a great scholar. he had of 485 on his sats in english. that is not terrible. but if you are going to princeton it puts you in the bottom 1% of your class. then we have to live with this illusion that he was a great scholar all these years. they control the media, so they can get away with this. that is the way it is. obama is not stupid. he's pretty clever. he ran a great campaign. he is no more

drew pearson, the leading muckrakers of the day went on the mike wallace shawn adc and accused ted sorensenof actually writing that book. what they had sorensen to being the family retainer he was, was to go on the air and swear under oath that he didn't write the book. he was leaking all along he did republic and he finally admitted as much in his memoir he wrote the book. jfk won a pulitzer prize for a book he didn't write. it's not to say that any of these guys a stupid, they're just not as smart as we would like to think they are, and for instance when george bush's sats comes out and they have al gore and john kerry are all comparable and then they tried out a bill bradley, he was my idol ahead of me at princeton and a great basketball player we thought he was a st. scholar. for 85 on his s.a.t. in english. that isn't terrible if you're going to the community college. [laughter] but if you're going to princeton puts you in the bottom 1% of your class. and yet we had to live with this illusion he was a great scholar but they control the media so they can get away with this and it's the

joe peterson went on mike wallace's show on abc and accused ted sorenson of actually writing that book, profiles in courage. what the kennedys had sorenson do being the servile on retrain go under oath and swear he did not write the book. he had been leaking all along that he did write the book and he finally admitted as much in his memoir called counselor. he wrote the book. jfk won a pulitzer prize for a book he did not write. that's not to say he's stupid. it's not to say as stupid. they are not as smart as we'd like to think they are. i mean, for instance, when george bush's s.a.t. scores came out and then they brought out al gore's and john kerry's and they are comparable and they dragged out bill bradley's s.a.t. scores. he was my idol in high school. we all thought he had a 485 on his s.a.t.'s and in english. i mean, that's not terrible if you're going to penn valley community college but if you go to princeton that will thaputs you in the bottom where you know % of the class and we had live with the illusion that he was a great scholar. obama is not stupid. i never said he's st

mike wallace. i knew i was in trouble when an entire group of us walk down the hall ended ended in the men's room. it must be very useful to know what they're going to do. all i can say is that i had a certain obliviousness because i think -- not because it was a female, but new kids always got a bit of initiation. >> when you went over to abc, was a much better? >> it was different because i had walked in as the first on- air correspondent there. it was a lot of learning. it was hilarious and wonderful, too. i would like to think that it was like just going into a circus training course. -- circuit training course. when i got to abc, i was a co- anchor with sam donaldson. it was understood that we were there and we were starting to gather and it was nail biting. it was a disaster at the beginning. we were actually a "saturday night live" skit. >> you were not that bad. >> we were pretty bad. we had to figure it out as we went along. >> i want to ask you about social media. we have seen and discuss

mike wallace. i knew i was in trouble when an entire group of us walk down the hall ended ended in the men's room. it must be very useful to know what they're going to do. all i can say is that i had a certain obliviousness because i think -- not because it was a female, but new kids always got a bit of initiation. >> when you went over to abc, was a much better? >> it was different because i had walked in as the first on- air correspondent there. it was a lot of learning. it was hilarious and wonderful, too. i would like to think that it was like just going into a circuit training course. when i got to abc, i was a co- anchor with sam donaldson. it was understood that we were there and we were starting to gather and it was nail biting. it was a disaster at the beginning. we were actually a "saturday night live" skit. >> you were not that bad. >> we were pretty bad. we had to figure it out as we went along. >> i want to ask you about social media. we have seen and discussed a lot of that and it has

mike wallace. i knew i was in trouble when an entire group of us walk down the hall ended ended in the men's room. it must be very useful to know what they're going to do. all i can say is that i had a certain obliviousness because i think -- not because it was a female, but new kids always got a bit of initiation. >> when you went over to abc, was a much better? >> it was different because i had walked in as the first on- air correspondent there. it was a lot of learning. it was hilarious and wonderful, too. i would like to think that it was like just going into a circuit training course. when i got to abc, i was a co- anchor with sam donaldson. it was understood that we were there and we were starting to gather and it was nail biting. it was a disaster at the beginning. we were actually a "saturday night live" skit. >> you were not that bad. >> we were pretty bad. we had to figure it out as we went along. >> you are not that bad. >> then why did you call me and tell me how to fix it? [laughter] [