Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...police and plainclothes KGB officers. The police also closed in on a group of journalists who were covering the stunt. U.P.I. Bureau Chief John Moody was kneed in the groin and detained for 25 minutes, two French photographers were roughed up and forced to expose their film and an NBC cameraman had his film confiscated...
...most frenzied nights in the history of television news had come to a curious climax. In the end, the journalists emerged intact, reporting as fast and accurately as they could under the circumstances. Said NBC's Wallace, 32, son of CBS's Mike: "It was one of the most remarkable moments of my life." Almost forgotten in the euphoria was the fact that the networks had been dead wrong about Ronald Reagan's ticket mate for hours-and that they were not alone...
Well, maybe. But more cautious reporters would have avoided that limb by checking their facts a bit harder before going public. Network reporters who did seek confirmation of the rumors seemed not to hear when their interview subjects expressed doubts. In the end, it was NBC, which got scooped on the Ford boomlet, that had to backtrack least. David Brinkley congratulated his floor correspondents at the evening's end: "I think you were alone, alone in not being taken...
...staffers, along with more than 500 tons of office and technical equipment, 90-plus cameras and hundreds of miles of cable. A.P. and U.P.I, each had more than 150 people on hand, and major dailies such as the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post had more than 30. NBC News President William Small reviewed his 600-member team at a "pep rally" before the opening gavel and quipped, "If King George had an army this large, we'd all be working...
...three networks padded their coverage with pretaped features and with live wisdom from special commentators. Bill Moyers, Jeff Greenfield and James Kilpatrick had a sparkling chemistry on CBS, and Syndicated Columnist George Will, one of four print people signed by ABC, is worth listening to any time. On NBC's morning Today show, Syndicated Columnist David Broder Sand the Washington Star's Jack Germond provided their usual informed analysis, but the ballyhooed commentary by Independent Presidential Candidate John Anderson was tepid...