Producers like Michael Gavshon are a big part of what's made "60 Minutes" a real barn-burner, and for DECADES!

EVERYBODY knows the folks on-camera. But it's the people who do the REAL work and the research and the reporting and the digging who've made programs like "60 Minutes" what it is - or WAS. Who knows what will happen to it now? And what sort of standard of "excellence" will rule the day over there, from here on. It's a damn shame. Everybody's gonna scatter as the principals look for new gigs. The network's gonna have to start building a whole new scene with a whole new cast of reporters and producers, many of whom haven't "earned their stripes yet."

But hell, what do I know, anymore? I put 20 years of my life into the news biz, and that was enough! Besides, better things came up (like a couple of kids!) and it helped me open a whole new chapter. It was nice NOT to need that other stuff anymore.