However Mike Wallace presented many interesting interviews, people’s attention is drawn especially by the interview with Roger Clemens

Mike Wallace, a brilliant investigative reporter, who was one of the initial correspondents of CBS’ 60 Minutes died, when he was 93 years old. This reporter presented fascinating interviews with world prominent persons. The most recent stories were connected with the former professional baseball player Roger Clemens and accusations linked with administration of anabolic steroids and HGH by this person. Mike Wallace’s last appearance on TV was related to this case.
The interview with Roger Clemens about steroids was broadcast in January, 2008. Rusty Hardin, the defense attorney for Roger Clemens, arranged the appearing of this baseball star in the Show 60 Minutes. Roger Clemens had to defense himself against accusations of his former personal coach Brian McNamee. This person accused Roger Clemens in intake of anabolic steroids and HGH. He collaborated with investigators of Mitchell Report, when they tried to determine the widespread of steroid use in the Major League Baseball.
Wallace didn’t enforce Clemens to say that he applied steroids. He just encouraged him to prove to others that he had applied neither steroids, nor HGH. Roger Clemens claimed that he would pull a tractor with his teeth, if he had used steroids.
The interview of Clemens was a black public relations ploy for his defense attorney. It was not the best interview. But it renewed the interest after death of Wallace.
Actually, Wallace hosted much more significant interviews during his career. The steroid interview with Roger Clemens was not the most significant. Why did it draw each 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 determined the Watergate scandal as “perjury”. He listed such methods of Richard Nixon, as thefts, spying, obstruction of justice, etc. The scandal caused resignation of the president.
Wallace arranged also an interview with the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini. The journalist named him a “lunatic”. However, he was quoting the president Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt.
Another individual that was interviewed by Wallace was the Vice President of Research and Development at a tobacco company. Jeffrey Wigand acknowledged during the interview that executives of the company lied before the Congress about their knowledge linked with nature of nicotine.
Although these interviews were significant, a lot of persons directed their attention to insignificant interview with Roger Clemens. It may be because while lying of Roger Clemens before the Congress may cause federal war on steroids, the war on nicotine will never take place.