Roger Clemens could defend himself against accusations linked with intake of steroids during an interview with Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace, an excellent investigative reporter, who was one of the original correspondents of CBS’ 60 Minutes died, when he was 93 years old. This correspondent presented fascinating interviews with world prominent figures. The most recent stories were related to the former professional baseball player Roger Clemens and accusations linked with intake of anabolic steroids and HGH by this athlete. Mike Wallace’s last appearance on TV was linked 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 trainer accused Roger Clemens in application of anabolic steroids and HGH. He cooperated with Mitchell Report investigators, when they tried to determine the widespread of steroid use in the Major League Baseball.
Wallace didn’t enforce Clemens to tell that he applied steroids. He just encouraged him to prove to others that he had taken neither steroids, nor HGH. Roger Clemens said that he would pull a tractor with his teeth, if he had used steroids.
The interview of Clemens was a calamitous public relations maneuver for Rusty Hardin. It was not the best interview. But it renewed the interest after death of Wallace.
Actually, Wallace presented much more significant interviews during his career. The steroid interview with Roger Clemens was not the most interesting. Why did it draw all persons’ attention?
Other interviews of Wallace are quite interesting. Wallace made an interview with the lawyer of the president Richard Nixon and the assistant to the president for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman during the Watergate scandal. Wallace defined the Watergate scandal as “perjury”. He enumerated such methods of Richard Nixon, as thefts, spying, obstruction of justice, etc. The scandal resulted in resignation of the president.
Wallace arranged also an interview with the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Wallace named him a “lunatic”. But he was quoting the president Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt.
Another person 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.
However these interviews were significant, people directed their attention to insignificant interview with Roger Clemens. It may be because while lying of Roger Clemens before the Congress may lead to federal struggle against steroids, the war on nicotine will never take place.