Blue Byline » 60 Minutes Lance Armstrong http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Thu, 23 May 2013 15:17:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Lance just another hero knocked off the pedestal http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/05/28/lance-just-another-hero-knocked-off-the-pedestal/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/05/28/lance-just-another-hero-knocked-off-the-pedestal/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 17:51:29 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=277 If ignorance is bliss then the “60 Minutes” film studio must be the least blissful place on Earth.

Over the the last 44 years the iconic news show has uncovered more dirt than John Deere’s tractors, but in so doing it has scratched the luster of many well-known and respected individuals. Greg Mortenson recently got the treatment. He’s the author of “Three Cups of Tea” and the founder of the now-famous nonprofit that built girls schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Or maybe he didn’t, according to the show.

That was hard enough to take, but last week’s show was a …

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