Roger Clemens was convinced by Mike Wallace to defend himself against steroid accusations at the Show 60 Minutes

Mike Wallace, a well-known investigative journalist, who was one of the original correspondents of CBS’ 60 Minutes died, when he was 93 years old. This reporter hosted interesting interviews with world celebrated individuals. The latest stories were connected with the former professional baseball player Roger Clemens and accusations linked with usage of anabolic steroids and HGH by this sportsperson. Mike Wallace’s last appearance on TV was connected with 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 Show 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 collaborated with investigators of Mitchell Report, when they tried to find out the widespread 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 administered neither steroids, nor HGH. Roger Clemens stated that he would pull a tractor with his teeth, if he had utilized steroids.
The interview of Clemens was an unsuccessful public relations ploy for his defense attorney. It was not a perceptive interview. But it renewed the interest after Wallace’s death.
Actually, Wallace hosted much more interesting interviews during his career. The steroid interview with Roger Clemens was not the most interesting. Why did it draw all people’s attention?
Other interviews of Wallace are quite interesting. 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.
Wallace arranged also an interview with the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini. The journalist called him a “lunatic”. But 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 about nature of nicotine.
Although these interviews were significant, 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 can result in federal struggle against steroids, the war on nicotine will never take place.