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Presidente Marci | Cornel West | The Resurrection of St. Benedict's

TV Flash files “Presidente Marci | Cornel West | The Resurrection of St. Benedict's” as hour 423 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 48, episode 25, aired 2016-03-20, 60 min.

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This leaf is S48E25: listed hour 423 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 25 of 37 in season 48. It aired 2016-03-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Encryption | Aid in Dying | Starchitect” (S48E24). Next is “Make-A-Wish | The Health Wagon | The Giving Pledge” (S48E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Presidente Marci - Argentina's new president reverses course on years of populist economic policies and anti-U.S. rhetoric on the eve of President Obama's visit. Cornel West - The former Princeton professor is a different kind of civil rights leader and has the respect of young activists at the heart of new civil rights efforts, especially the Black Lives Matter movement. The Resurrection of St. Benedict's - Their school motto is "Whatever hurts my brother hurts me" and their graduation rate is 98 percent. Scott Pelley reports on a unique school in Newark.

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Where does Presidente Marci | Cornel West | The Resurrection of St. Benedict's sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S48E25 is listed hour 423 of 767 — hour 25 of 37 in season 48, season 48 episode 25.

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Presidente Marci | Cornel West | The Resurrection of St. Benedict's aired 2016-03-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.

Tick, tick, tick — not a theme song, a weapon. CBS's 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt's stopwatch since 1968, was an 1980s Nielsen bully that outrated sitcoms on Sunday night: investigative pieces, profiles, commentator segments, correspondent star power. Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Andy Rooney's endnotes. **Ambush interviews and gotcha lore made Wallace a fearsome brand.** The museum guard wants the package as civic virtue. The flash is the ambush. Appointment news before the…

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