{"product_id":"mad-as-hell-how-60-minutes-took-on-the-powerful-and-made-television-history-9781632261816","title":"Mad as Hell: How 60 Minutes Took on the Powerful and Made Television History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping behind-the-scenes account of one of the most influential news programs in American history, featuring a foreword by veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, whose recent dismissal from CBS News has renewed national attention on the fight for journalistic integrity and preserving an independent media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revealing fly-on-the-wall account of how news is made.\"\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor almost sixty years, every Sunday night at seven o'clock sharp, a simple ticking stopwatch made America stop what it was doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its peak, \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e was the most powerful hour on television, drawing as many as fifty million viewers each week. Presidents watched. CEOs braced themselves. Ordinary citizens--wronged, ignored, or silenced--found a voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, amid upheaval at CBS News and renewed debate over press freedom, that voice faces an urgent test of its journalistic integrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMad as Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e a producer from the program's golden years takes readers deep inside the broadcast that reshaped television journalism. Working alongside Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Scott Pelley, and executive producer Don Hewitt for over twenty years, Harry Moses reveals how a scrappy news experiment became a national institution--and how investigative journalism at its best could hold the powerful to account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimely and deeply informed, \u003ci\u003eMad as Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is a reminder of why fearless journalism still matters, and what is at stake when the institutions built to defend the truth come under threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Moses\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prospecta Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632261816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePelley, Scott:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eScott Pelley\u003c\/b\u003e is an American author. He was a reporter for CBS News for more than thirty-one years. Pelley is the author of the 2019 book, \u003ci\u003eTruth Worth Telling\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a correspondent for the CBS News magazine \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City and has a ranch in Texas.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoses, Harry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Moses \u003c\/b\u003ehas made documentary films, television programs, and features including T\u003ci\u003ehe Trial of Bernhard Goetz, Assault at West Point, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWho the %$#! is Jackson Pollock? \u003c\/i\u003eAt CBS News, he wrote, directed and produced almost one hundred stories for \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received Emmy, Peabody, and Directors Guild of America awards, as well as a Lifetime Achievement citation from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his work on 60 Minutes. He has taught journalism at NYU, Columbia and Quinnipiac University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Harry Moses \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48944066003101,"sku":"9781632261816","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6ced2309-a417-49d4-9542-9b2b7f0c6ea5.jpg?v=1790153722","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mad-as-hell-how-60-minutes-took-on-the-powerful-and-made-television-history-9781632261816","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}