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...leading the entire New York delegation in departing from the convention hall." CBS, at the same time, was accurately reporting the uneventful and orderly breakup of the crowd. Back on NBC, David Brinkley went on: "Three-fourths of the New York delegation has walked out." Outside the hall, Sander Vanocur then explained that Keating may have been miffed by Goldwater's line about " 'excess being no vice' "-misquoting Goldwater and misrepresenting Keating. Keating's press secretary later reported that the Senator was "stunned" at all this. He merely left when the speech was over, hoping...
...ratings, which gave NBC a bigger share of the audience than CBS and ABC combined-to the fine and tireless work of its bird-dog reporters. Chasing candidates in hotels and delegates on the floor, walkie-talkers like John Chancellor, Edwin Newman, Frank McGee, Bob Teague and Sander Vanocur always seemed to be in the most interesting places at the most interesting times, in moments of import as well as absurdity...
...half hours before the ballot, Vanocur accosted Scranton's floor manager, Pennsylvania's Senator Hugh Scott, and extracted from him remarks that were an almost overt admission that Scranton had already conceded defeat. Though reporters and delegates on the spot may have known it, the TV audience across the country did not-getting in addition a little episode of ineptitude on the part of Scott. Chancellor, on the other hand, made capital amusement out of his own arrest. Led out of the hall by a sergeant at arms for refusing to clear an aisle, he kept yattering into...
...swift and often ahead of the competition. At 7:35 p.m., for instance, NBC had 25% of the Connecticut senatorial vote, while CBS had only 15% and ABC 8%. But the commentary of NBC's public-affairs stars, from Huntley and Brinkley to Merrill Mueller, Frank McGee, Sander Vanocur, John Chancellor et al., lacked yeast. Brinkley may have had something when he said that the computer was likely to replace them...
...news staff meanwhile had crammed itself into a smaller hold on 26th Street, where there was hardly enough room for its glamorous Spielmeisters to comb their hair. Office boys bustled about dressed up like nightclub waiters. The rest of NBC's first team-including Regional Reporters Sander Vanocur, Frank Mc-Gee, Merrill Mueller and, especially, John Chancellor was equally strong...