Word: bradleys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though both work for major news organizations, Wilkie and Bradley were, in a sense, covering two different conventions. Wilkie's was the time-honored affair of party bosses in smoke-filled rooms, cutting behind-the-scenes deals. Bradley's was the modern, made-for-television extravaganza of briefly glimpsed public events and quickly forgotten stand-up interviews. Neither the Globe nor CBS gave -or claimed to give-a complete picture. The newspaper preferred analysis and backstage maneuvering to the podium play-by-play. As for TV's supposedly all-seeing eye, it focused on the exuberant demonstrations...
...Bradley, also 39, the convention was especially traumatic and exhausting. His mother suffered a stroke the week before, and for a time he wondered whether he should bow out. "On Sunday night I couldn't even write a 30-second spot," he said. "But I thought to myself, if she sees me up there, she is going to get a charge out of it." CBS provided a limousine so he could visit his mother each day in Philadelphia, 90 miles away...
...Bradley began his broadcast career as a radio disc jockey and became a full-time correspondent for CBS in 1973. He covered the fall of Cambodia and Viet Nam in 1975 and was named White House correspondent in 1976. Two years later he joined CBS Reports, where two of his stories won Emmys. Next year he will begin as a correspondent on the top-rated 60 Minutes...
...Bradley arrived as early as 3 p.m. in the CBS "ready room" to have his face made up. His special equipment: a battery pack around the waist, a headset and a pair of steel-toed combat boots. "After being stepped on once too often during the Republican Convention, I decided I'd wear these to this one." Every day he had several story ideas ready before the live broadcast began. Once one of them was aired he would begin improvising. "Everything," he said, "is happening right now." He added with a grin: "If there's no drama...
...Bradley had mixed results as a matchmaker. Tuesday night a Kennedy supporter who had worked two years for Carter refused to be interviewed. "That was the biggest disappointment for me tonight," Bradley said. "He wasn't a name, but he is the kind of person Carter needs if this whole thing is going to come together." Another time, Bradley arranged a potentially combustible joint interview with two feuding delegates from Maryland; on camera they were all sweetness...