The death of Mike Wallace renewed the public interest to the case related to Roger Clemens

Mike Wallace, an excellent investigative journalist, who was one of the initial correspondents of CBS’ 60 Minutes died, when he was 93 years old. This journalist made brilliant interviews with world well-known persons. The most recent stories were connected with the former professional baseball player Roger Clemens and accusations related to application of anabolic steroids and HGH by this sportsperson. Mike Wallace’s last appearance on TV was related to this case.
The interview with Roger Clemens about steroids was hosted in January, 2008. Rusty Hardin, the defense attorney for Roger Clemens, arranged the appearing of this former baseball player in the program 60 Minutes. Roger Clemens had to defense himself against accusations of Brian McNamee, his former personal coach. This coach accused Roger Clemens in application of anabolic steroids and HGH. He cooperated with Mitchell Report investigators, when they tried to determine the extent of steroid use in the Major League Baseball.
Wallace didn’t enforce Clemens to tell that he administered steroids. He just encouraged him to prove to others that he had used neither steroids, nor HGH. Clemens stated that he would pull a tractor with his teeth, if he had applied steroids.
The interview of Clemens was an unsuccessful public relations maneuver for Rusty Hardin. It was not the best interview. But it renewed the interest after Wallace’s death.
Actually, Wallace presented much more interesting interviews during his career. The steroid interview with Roger Clemens was not the most interesting. Why did it draw every person’s attention?
Other interviews of Wallace are quite significant. Wallace interviewed the lawyer of the president Richard Nixon and the assistant to the president for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman during the Watergate scandal. Wallace named the Watergate scandal “perjury”. He enumerated such methods of Richard Nixon, as thefts, spying, obstruction of justice, etc. The scandal led to resignation of the president.
The Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini was also interviewed by Wallace. The reporter named him a “lunatic”. However, he was quoting the president Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt.
Another individual who was interviewed by Wallace was the Vice President of Research and Development at a tobacco company. Jeffrey Wigand noted during the interview that executives of the company lied before the Congress about their knowledge connected with nature of nicotine.
Although these interviews were significant, a lot of people directed their attention to insignificant interview with the former baseball player Roger Clemens. It may be because while lying of Roger Clemens before the Congress may result in federal war on steroids, the war on nicotine will never take place.