This Just in: What I Couldn't Tell You on TV

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Berkley Books, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 432 pages
From one of television's most experienced, best-liked journalists comes up behind-the-scenes account of the news as you've never seen it before. Bob Schieffer started his reporting career in Texas when he was barely old enough to buy a beer, joined CBS news in 1969, and became one of the few correspondents ever to have covered all four major Washington beats: the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Capitol Hill. Over the past four decades, he's seen it all, but this is no conventional memoir, no standard walk over familiar ground. These are the after-hours tales only his colleagues know. - Jacket flap.

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About the author (2004)

Bob Schieffer is a noted television journalist. He has covered Washington, DC, for CBS for more than 30 years, from the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Capitol Hill. He was the anchor and moderator of Face the Nation, CBS News's Sunday public affairs broadcast, for nearly 15 years, also serving as CBS News's chief Washington correspondent. Schieffer has won virtually every award in broadcast journalism, including six Emmys and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards. His induction into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame on November 11, 2002, marks the fourth time in 2002 he has been honored by a national organization.

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