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The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act

TV Flash files “The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act” as hour 614 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 3, aired 2021-10-03, 60 min.

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This leaf is S54E03: listed hour 614 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 3 of 31 in season 54. It aired 2021-10-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Take the Fight to the Night | Rep. Liz Cheney | King of the Deep” (S54E02). Next is “Deepfakes | 1,000 Children | Deep Springs” (S54E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act (S54E03)

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The Facebook Whistleblower – A former Facebook employee says tens of thousands of pages of internal company research she has provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission and investors prove Facebook is lying to the public and investors about the effectiveness of its campaigns to eradicate hate, violence, and misinformation from its platforms. That former employee reveals her identity and speaks her mind with Scott Pelley.  Unforgiven – The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program was meant to wipe clean students' loan debts in return for a decade of public service. In theory, many military borrowers could benefit from this. But in practice, it hasn't panned out that way. Lesley Stahl talks to a group of military lawyers who had accrued law school debt and hoped for relief in exchange for their service but say they got lost in a maze of rigid rules and red tape.  The Final Act – Tony Bennett has Alzheimer's disease. It's taken a toll on his memory, and the 95-year-old singer has trouble holding a conversation. But when the music comes on, the legendary crooner is able to break through the fog to find his voice again. Anderson Cooper and 60 MINUTES cameras were at a final performance he gave with Lady Gaga to capture the moment.

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Where does The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S54E03 is listed hour 614 of 767 — hour 3 of 31 in season 54, season 54 episode 3.

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The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act aired 2021-10-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

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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