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US reaction to Passion reviews

Veteran TV curmudgeon Andy Rooney stirred American viewers’ passions when he received 30,000 responses to a commentary in which he called The Passion Of The Christ film-maker Mel Gibson a “wacko”.

Mon, 15 Mar, 2004 - 06:10

Veteran TV curmudgeon Andy Rooney stirred American viewers’ passions when he received 30,000 responses to a commentary in which he called The Passion Of The Christ film-maker Mel Gibson a “wacko”.

It was the biggest viewer response to a segment on the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes, which has been on the air since 1968.

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