CBS News interrupted its regularly scheduled broadcast when they found out that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas. Amid confusion and conflicting stories, journalists there eventually reported to the shocked nation that their leader was dead, some 48 years ago today.
In his 1,097th commentary on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney declared he’d never quit writing, but bid farewell in his final weekly essay for the newsmagazine after 33 years. “This is a moment I’ve dreaded. I wish I could do this forever, I can’t though. But I’m not retiring, writers don’t retire and I’ll [...]
From the standpoint of history, April 4, 1968 has gone down as one of the most infamous dates of the 20th century. It was on that evening, 43 years ago today, that Martin Luther King was cut down by an assassin’s bullet at a Memphis motel.
Sources have told TIME Magazine that Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, has been detained along with her crew by Egyptian police outside Cairo’s Israeli embassy.
As the CBS News community continues to mourn the loss of one of its strongest news faces, greater clarity is emerging regarding the cause of his death.
