Bob Schieffer

Face the Nation (eBook, ePUB)

My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-Winning News Broadcast

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this engaging memoir of television news and its unique place in history, New York Times bestselling author and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer takes us behind the scenes of the Sunday morning institution that has provided a window on the most memorable events of the last half-century.

With his critically acclaimed memoir This Just In, Schieffer proved himself a natural storyteller, a gifted writer able to capture the workings of television news with remarkable wit and insight. Now Schieffer focuses his keen reporter's eye on 50 years of Face the Nation's live broadcasts and the historic moments the program has captured. From its 1954 debut, an interview with Senator Joe McCarthy the day before the Senate debate that would condemn him, to the broadcast's 1957 groundbreaking interview with a candid and controversial Nikita Khrushchev; from the brilliant analysis of communism made by guest Martin Luther King Jr. to the sometimes stunning, always revealing interviews with each sitting president; from the heroic and moving coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11 to the revolutionary coverage of the war in Iraq, Schieffer shares unforgettable anecdotes about the guests, the stories and the events captured by the venerable public affairs program.

Marked by the author's candid personal observations and wise, good humor, and featuring a special companion DVD of broadcast highlights created by CBS News for this edition, Bob Schieffer's look at 50 years of Face the Nation shines an entertaining and nostalgic light on America's presidents, culture, foreign policy and domestic affairs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780743275323
• Artikelnr.: 37837221

Autorenporträt

Bob Schieffer has been a chief Washington correspondent for CBS News and the anchor and moderator of Face the Nation until his retirement in 2015. Among his many honors are six Emmys. In 2002, he was named Broadcaster of the Year by the National Press Foundation and was elected to the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV and The Acting President (with Gary Paul Gates).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Part I
Window on History: The Story of Face the Nation
1. In the Beginning
Stanton and Paley Invent CBS News
2. In the Age of Fear
McCarthy, Blacklists and the Red Scare
3. The Big Scoop
But Should Americans Be Hearing This?
4. The Men of Love Put On a Really Big Show
Castro, Ed Sullivan and Face the Nation
5. Coverage a Long Time Coming
The Sunday Shows and Civil Rights
6. Vietnam
The Ongoing Search for Good News
7. For Want of a Question
The Pentagon Papers, Gobbledygook and Government Secrecy
8. Badgering George Shultz
The Rise of Women in Politics and Journalism
9. The Sunday Primaries
Tales from the Campaign Trail
10. The Longest Story
The Saga of Clinton vs. Starr
11. War at Home and Abroad
9-11, Anthrax and the Terrorists
12. The War in Iraq
Combat Coverage in Real Time
13. Looking Ahead
Television's Expanding Universe
Part II
Behind the Scenes
14. My Thoughts Exactly
The Face the Nation Commentaries
15. They Made It Happen
The Correspondents and Producers of Face the Nation
Work Notes, Acknowledgments