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Disaster Tourists | Birds of War | Perfume Capital of the World

TV Flash files “Disaster Tourists | Birds of War | Perfume Capital of the World” as hour 763 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 28, aired 2026-05-03, 60 min.

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This leaf is S58E28: listed hour 763 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 28 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2026-05-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Shots Fired | Ben Sasse | The Pigeon Mafia” (S58E27). Next is “Prime Minister Netanyahu | Drawing the Lines | Gout Gout” (S58E29). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Disaster Tourists | Birds of War | Perfume Capital of the World (S58E28)

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Disaster Tourists - Often following natural disasters, conspiracists, militias and white supremacist groups sweep in to hard-hit communities offering help. But they've been called "disaster tourists," out to soften their image, gain followers and sow doubt in the government. Correspondent Lesley Stahl speaks with law enforcement and a self-proclaimed white nationalist to explore whether this is becoming "the new normal." Shachar Bar-On and Jinsol Jung are the producers. Birds of War - From the dense jungle in the mountains of western Colombia, correspondent Anderson Cooper reports on how decades of armed conflict between the Colombian government and left-wing guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries and narco-traffickers created "no-go" areas where rare species of birds flourish. Cooper meets a renowned local birding guide and visiting birdwatchers as he goes off the beaten path to a bird habitat home to species you can't find anywhere else in the world. Andy Court is the producer. Perfume Capital of the World - Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports from Grasse in the south of France where flowers for the world's most famous perfume have been grown and gathered for more than 100 years. In the early 1900s, Grasse was home to more than 10,000 acres of flower fields; today it's just over 100. Though the town had experienced a decline, Vega looks at how Grasse is experiencing a revival as major luxury houses have invested in the town by tying their brand to its reputation. Natalie Jimenez Peel and Mirella Brussani are the producers.

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Where does Disaster Tourists | Birds of War | Perfume Capital of the World sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S58E28 is listed hour 763 of 767 — hour 28 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 28.

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Disaster Tourists | Birds of War | Perfume Capital of the World aired 2026-05-03 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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