The CBS newsmagazine show 60 Minutes is surely capable of tough investigation; in 2003, it ran a
tough piece on eminent domain abuse around the country, even mentioning an episode in which the New York Times "teamed up with a major real estate developer" to get New York State to use eminent domain for a new Times headquarters.

That very same "major real estate developer," Forest City Ratner, has achieved similar success in getting the state to declare the Atlantic Yards site blighted, but that's not the story 60 Minutes wanted this time.
It sought a
"get"--an exclusive interview with expected Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov and, in the segment broadcast tonight,
The Russian Is Coming, correspondent Steve Kroft lobbed softball questions at the billionaire, partied with him (as in screenshot at right), and generally couldn't suppress a grin from his face.
Prokhorov maintained his own lighthearted mien, playfully parrying questions, and even claiming that spending time in detention in France was "fun for me." However, as Dave D'Alessandro of the Star-Ledger
noted, "there was very little substance about where he came from."
Thanks, Norman. You watch this stuff so I don't have to!
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