Commentator on ‘60 Minutes’ Dead at 92 Bloomberg
When CBS News surrendered control of “CBS Morning News”to the entertainment division in 1986, Rooney complained in hissyndicated column that “CBS, which used to stand for theColumbia broadcasting System, no longer stands for anything.They’re just corporate initials now.” The following year, Rooney refused to work while CBS newswriters were on strike. He wrote a column complaining that CBS had been harmed bybudget cuts, and later told documentary producer Steven Scheuerthat Tisch telephoned Rooney and called him two names. Of thetwo names, only “liar” could be printed by the New York Timeswhen the story was reported in 2002. . The situation was compounded after awriter for the Advocate attributed racist comments to Rooneythat he hotly denied.
