Author: “60 Minutes” is still the biggest game in journalism

“On the Media”
Its audience is half of what it used to be, but “60 Minutes” is still a huge force in journalism, says Richard Campbell, author of “’60 Minutes’ and the News.” He tells Bob Garfield: “Any single episode of ’60 Minutes’ attracts a bigger journalism audience than any other journalism outlet in the United States, still today. We’re talking between 15 and 20 million people. That many people don’t read the New York Times or the Wall Street Journal in a day, and certainly that many people aren’t watching Peter Jennings in the evening or Tom Brokaw.” PLUS: USA Today’s Mark Memmott talks about the Kelley scandal and last week’s resignations.