You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, to get him...
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Lowell Bergman:
You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, To get him to go on television. I do. I deliver him. He sits. He talks. He violates his own fucking confidentiality agreement. And he's only the key witness in the biggest public health reform issue, maybe the biggest, most-expensive corporate-malfeasance case in U.S. history. And Jeffrey Wigand, who's out on a limb, does he go on television and tell the truth? Yes. Is it newsworthy? Yes. Are we gonna air it? Of course not. Why? Because he's not telling the truth? No. Because he is telling the truth. That's why we're not going to air it. And the more truth he tells, the worse it gets!
You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, To get him to go on television. I do. I deliver him. He sits. He talks. He violates his own fucking confidentiality agreement. And he's only the key witness in the biggest public health reform issue, maybe the biggest, most-expensive corporate-malfeasance case in U.S. history. And Jeffrey Wigand, who's out on a limb, does he go on television and tell the truth? Yes. Is it newsworthy? Yes. Are we gonna air it? Of course not. Why? Because he's not telling the truth? No. Because he is telling the truth. That's why we're not going to air it. And the more truth he tells, the worse it gets!
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You pay me to go get guys like Wigand
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to draw him out to get him to trust us to get him to go on television
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I do I deliver him He sits He talks
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He violates his own fucking confidentiality agreement
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And he's only the key witness in the biggest public health reform issue
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maybe the biggest most expensive
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corporate malfeasance case in U S History
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And Jeffrey Wigand who's out on a limb
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does he go on television and tell the truth
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Yes Is it newsworthy
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Yes Are we gonna air it
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Of course not Why
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Because he's not telling the truth No
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Because he is telling the truth That's why we're not gonna air it
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And the more truth he tells the worse it gets
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Movie Summary
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand.
Actors
Lowell Bergman
Mike Wallace
