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60 Minutes is held as the highest standard in television journalism, and they don’t like it when someone questions their integrity. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers last week said he was disappointed in the way he was portrayed in a segment on the show. He felt he was unfairly shown to be overly sensitive. However, 60 Minutes took exception and released the following statement: “Aaron Rodgers was never taken out of context and most anybody portrayed as he was on 60 Minutes would have been flattered by the story,” said CBS News chairman and 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager in a statement, according to Weston Hodkiewicz of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “It was fair and accurate and it was obvious we got it right when we reported that he tends to be overly sensitive.” We guess it’s not only State Farm customers Rodgers feels is disrespecting him.
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