Synopses & Reviews
In Bob Schieffer's own words, from the JFK assassination to the World Trade Center attacks, "I got to see most of it and came to know many of the major figures of those four decades because I am a reporter. I became a reporter because I always wanted to see things for myself and make my own judgments about them. Those events I covered have become part of our history and you already know most of them. But I want to tell you about the parts that didn't get on television or in the paper, the serious parts and the not-so-serious parts, the good times I had, and the presidents, senators, correspondents, big-time crooks, and small-time swindlers I came to know. Here are the stories I tell my friends, and they are the stories I want to share with you."
Schieffer is not only broadcast journalism's most experienced Washington reporter, but one of its best natural writers. This Just In is filled with great behind-the-scenes tales and surprising scoops based on dozens of brand-new-and sometimes startling-interviews. Smart, witty, and insightful, these are the stories you'll want to share with your friends.
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"This Just In is a delight, a joy a treasure." Jim Lehrer
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"Schieffer, veteran television journalist and moderator of Face the Nation, offers insights and a riveting behind-the-scene look at the news events and the television news business itself over the 40-plus years of his career....This engaging memoir offers readers a closer perspective on both newsmakers and news reporters over the past four decades." Booklist
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"Schieffer spins the kind of engaging yarn that is normally to be found only in beer joints and hotel cocktail lounges when reporters congregate at the end of a long day. A delightful (and frequently enlightening) romp through the last forty years." Ted Koppel
About the Author
Bob Schieffer has been at CBS News since 1969, where he is one of the very few correspondents to have covered all four major Washington beats: the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and Capitol Hill. He is now CBS's chief Washington correspondent, and anchor and moderator of Face the Nation.
Table of Contents
1. Oswald's Mother, 1
2. The Johnson City Windmill, 13
3. Mississippi Burning, 23
4. The Night Beat, 35
5. Courthouse Days 47,
6. The Star-Telegram Goes to War, 56
7. "I Can't Never Tell What Happened to Me", 67
8. News at Six, 85
9. 1968, 97
10. Washington, 115
11. Nixon's War, 134
12. The Puzzle Palace, 146
13. The Devious Dove, 161
14. 1972: Control and Chaos, 175
15. The Last Serious Campaign, 184
16. The Nixon Endgame, 200
17. The Pardon, 217
18. Stumbling Along, 232
19. Jimmy, 245
20. The Morning Show: A Time out of Time, 260
21. It Was All Foreign to Me, 276
22. The New World Order: CBS in the 1980s, 291
23. Capitol Hill, 312
24. Sunday Services, 327
25. The Charmer, 346
26. Being Careful What You Wish For Is Still a Good Rule, 369
27. 9-11, 388
28. End Piece, 407
Chapter Work Notes, Sources, Afterthoughts and Observations, 410
Index, 425
--from This Just In: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV by Bob Schieffer, Copyright © 2003 by Bob Schieffer, Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of the Penguin Group (USA), Inc., All Rights Reserved, Reprinted with Permission from the Publisher.