Ken Star and the tobacco industry?

[question everything]

I caught a glimpse of the movie "The Insider," about the guy who whistleblew on the tobacco industry on "60 Minutes."

And at some point, in a discussion by the "60 Minutes" group after the head of the tobacco companies appeared before Congress, one of them mentioned Ken Star.

Why didn't this surprise me?

[kirby]

1. Its Ken Starr...

Just FYI...two r's in Starr.

[question everything]

3. Oh thanks (nt)

[elehhhhna]

2. Go here and enjoy!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=starr+tobacco+litigation

[question everything]

4. And Karl Rove, too. Wonderful

Oil and tobacco, the two pillars of this administration.

[DemoTex]

5. Ken Starr was outside counsel for Philip-Morris ..

While conducting his inquisition of President Clinton, Starr often used Philip-Morris GulfStream jets. Since Clinton was the arch-enemy of Big Tobacco, this is just another sordid aspect of the Vast Right-wing Conspiracy.

[Kat45]

6. That was an excellent movie. I just saw it recently on cable.

I remembered the Jeffrey Wigand story from when it happened but I didn't know the details until I saw this film. It's much more powerful to see the story presented in front of you than to just read about it. There's one minor point I'm curious about: the movie made Mike Wallace seem like a dick. I was wondering if he really is a dick or if someone involved in telling the story had an ax to grind. Does anybody know? Is he a dick?

[question everything]

7. Probably in the middle. Mike Wallace was a very powerful man in the 70s

when he established the "gotcha" style of "60 Minutes." Thus, being human, I am sure that at some point he considered himself an omni powerful person.