Scott Craig, documentary producer who spent many years at CBS 2, dies at 89
CHICAGO -- Scott Craig, a documentary filmmaker and producer who spent several years at CBS 2, has died.Craig, most recently of Leland, Michigan, died Thursday, April 18, CBS 2 has learned. He was 89.Craig grew up in Wooster, Ohio, and attended The College of Wooster – where he majored in theatre, a 2020 Glen Arbor Sun profile by Norm Wheeler noted. His first broadcast job was as radio disc jockey in 1957.He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for his master's and Ph.D.
The 1981 CBS 2 investigative documentary, 'Watching the Watchdog,' hosted by Bill Kurtis, took to task a report by Geraldo Rivera on ABC's '20/20' that claimed some Chicago real estate speculators were burning down buildings for insurance payouts—and also criticized the investigative techniques used in the '20/20' story, such as 'ambush' interviews.
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