Bernard Shaw (journalist)
Bernard Shaw (born May 22, 1940 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American journalist . He was a news presenter at CNN from 1980 to 2001 and played a key role in developing the role of anchorman on news programs .
Shaw attended the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1963 to 1968. He began his career at WNUS in Chicago and later worked for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company there . In Washington he later became White House correspondent . He worked for the Washington office of CBS News from 1971 to 1977. Between 1977 and 1980 he worked for ABC News as a Latin American correspondent . In 1980 he went back to CBS.
Shaw was remembered for the question he posed to Democratic US presidential candidate Michael Dukakis during the second television debate with George Bush during the 1988 election campaign , which Shaw moderated. Knowing that Dukakis was against the death penalty , he asked Dukakis if he would support an irrevocable death penalty for a man who had raped and murdered his wife. Dukakis replied that he wouldn't; some critics said that he phrased his answer too legalistically and logically and did not address it personally enough.
He was also known for his reports on the Gulf War in 1991; During the initial coalition bombing of Baghdad , he hid under his desk when reporting from the Al-Rashid Hotel while cruise missiles flew by in the window. Robert Wisdom plays him in the feature film Live from Baghdad , which focuses on the events .
In 2000 Shaw moderated the debate between the nominees for US Vice President Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman .
Web links
- Bernard Shaw in the nndb (English)
- Literature by and about Bernard Shaw in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article about his career ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Shaw, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist and news presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |