TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schieffer,Bob
TI  - Face the nation: my favorite stories from the first 50 years of the award-winning news broadcast 
SN  - 0743265858 (hbk.) :
AV  - PN4888.T4 S34 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Face the nation (Television program)
KW  - Television broadcasting of news
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; In the beginning : Stanton and Paley invent CBS News -- In the age of fear : McCarthy, blacklists, and the red scare -- The big scoop : but should Americans be hearing this? -- The men of love put on a really big show : Castro, Ed Sullivan, and Face the nation -- Coverage a long time coming : the Sunday shows and civil rights -- Vietnam : the ongoing search for good news -- For want of a question : the Pentagon Papers, gobbledygook, and government secrecy -- Badgering George Shultz : the rise of women in politics and journalism -- The Sunday primaries : tales from the campaign trail -- The longest story : the saga of Clinton vs. Starr -- War at home and abroad : 9/11, anthrax, and the terrorists -- The war in Iraq : combat coverage in real time -- Looking ahead : television's expanding universe -- My thoughts exactly : the Face the nation commentaries -- They made it happen : the correspondents and producers of Face the nation; Companion DVD: Face the nation 50 years (highlights of selected episodes): In the beginning: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (11/7/54) -- Greatest scoop: Nikita Khrushev (6/02/57) -- Under the gun: Fidel Castro (1/11/59) -- Civil rights: Roy Wilkins (9/7/58) ; Martin Luther King Jr. (5/10/64) ; George Wallace (3/14/65) -- Vietnam: Hubert Humphrey (8/2/64) ; Dean Rusk (3/7/65) ; Melvin R. Laird (6/13/71) -- Women on Face: Eleanor Roosevelt and Margaret Chase Smith (11/4/56) ; Lesley Stahl (11/16/86)-- Presidents and TV: Dwight D. Eisenhower on Richard Nixon (11/10/63) ; John F. Kennedy on Catholicism (10/30/60) ; Lyndon Johnson on John F. Kennedy (5/22/60) ; Richard Nixon on budget (10/27/68) ; Gerald Ford on running mate (6/6/76) -- Sunday primaries: George McGovern (5/27/72) ; Michael Dukakis (1/24/88) ; Ross Perot (9/26/92) ; Bob Dole (4/21/96) ; Al Gore (10/3/99) -- The Clinton story: Robert Bennett, John Breaus, Patrick Leahy (2/7/99) ; William Ginsberg (2/1/98); Bob Bennett (10/12/97); Rahm Emanuel (9/20/98) -- 9/11: Byron Pitts, Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, Colin Powell (9/16/01) ; Donald Rumsfeld (9/23/01) -- War in Iraq: Condolesa Rice (2/9/03); Richard Cheney (3/16/03) ; Scott Pelley, Jim Axelrod, Mark Strassmann (3/20/03 ); John Roberts (3/30/03) ; Lara Logan (4/6/03) -- Final thoughts with Bob Scheffer
N2  - In this engaging memoir of television news and its unique place in history, New York Times bestselling author and Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer takes us behind the scenes of the Sunday morning institution that has provided a window on the most memorable events of the last half-century. With his critically acclaimed memoir This Just In, Schieffer proved himself a natural storyteller, a gifted writer able to capture the workings of television news with remarkable wit and insight. Now Schieffer focuses his keen reporter's eye on 50 years of Face the Nation's live broadcasts and the historic moments the program has captured. From its 1954 debut, an interview with Senator Joe McCarthy the day before the Senate debate that would condemn him, to the broadcast's 1957 groundbreaking interview with a candid and controversial Nikita Khrushchev; from the brilliant analysis of communism made by guest Martin Luther King Jr. to the sometimes stunning, always revealing interviews with each sitting president; from the heroic and moving coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11 to the revolutionary coverage of the war in Iraq, Schieffer shares unforgettable anecdotes about the guests, the stories and the events captured by the venerable public affairs program. Marked by the author's candid personal observations and wise, good humor, and featuring a special companion DVD of broadcast highlights created by CBS News for this edition, Bob Schieffer's look at 50 years of Face the Nation shines an entertaining and nostalgic light on America's presidents, culture, foreign policy and domestic affairs. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc
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