“60 Minutes,” BBC, ABC Awarded Peabodys

By Andrew Gauthier 

TVNewser

The CBS News program “60 Minutes” and BBC World News America have each won two prestigious Peabody awards. In addition, the Diane Sawyer-reported “A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains,” is also being awarded a Peabody.

The “60 Minutes” awards both go to reports from correspondent Steve Kroft. “The Cost of Dying” about the cost of end-of-life medical care and “Sabotaging the System” about the scourge of cyber-threats and America’s readiness to defend against them.

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BBC World News America will be presented an award for its “unique broadcast.” “A nightly newscast like none the United States has ever had,” write the Peabody organizers. More…

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