Reporting Live
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 068485371X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Lesley Stahl's job offer from CBS came with an ultimatum -- "if you can't start tomorrow, forget it." The year was 1972, and opportunities for women in network television were rare. With witty anecdotes, wise observations, and never a hair out of place, Stahl provides an insightful and entertaining look at her world and ours from behind the reporter's microphone.. In telling her story, Stahl touches on themes that have defined the later part of this century: the changing role of the press in politics, television's coming of age, and the dilemma of the professional woman. In a male-dominated world, Stahl established herself as a "scoopster" and a "door kicker," breaking some of the most important stories in Washington, including Watergate. With the same determination that would define her career, she promptly departed Boston, went to Washington, and began her ascent to the top of broadcast journalism. She would cover the next three presidents, witnessing the disintegration of Jimmy Carter's presidency, the rise and fall and rise again of Ronald Reagan's, and the unpretentious, regul
Not only can Stahl fire fierce questions at world leaders against hair-raising deadlines, she can analyze trends with cool detachment, sometimes busting her profession or herself as guilty parties. --Tim Appelo. Besides a briskly readable account of epochal events witnessed up close, she offers canny insights into what broke Nixon, backs up Tom Shales's opinion of Carter as "a combination Mr. No TV news blond has more steel than 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl, whose Reporting Live is one impressively substantive celebrity memoir. She laments the "moral McCarthyism" of our times and compares her profession to a pack of wild dogs she'd encountered on an African safari. As a rookie in the CBS Washington, D.C., bureau in 1972, she got a
A total fix for political junkies TrueRed The problem I had with Stahl's book is that I STOPPED WORKING. Luckily, I am a writer, so no one really noticed. But this is a book so rich in behind-the-scenes detail that you can hardly put it down.Here is the line I liked best in the book. At a ferocious briefing with press secretary Larry Speakes, he is saying "I'd like you to report." Stahl interrupts: "We. Nothing Earth Shaking Here I was generally disappointed with Stahl's book. As a political junkie who reads just about every tell-all book penned by former White House aides and correspondents, I expected a more revealing look at the Carter and Reagan years. About the only real eye-popper was Stahl's account of her farewell meeting with Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1986. According . "Lively Lesley" according to sweetmolly. This memoir begins in the author's Lively Lesley This memoir begins in the author's 30th year (1972) when she went to work for CBS as a White House correspondent. It ends in 1992 when she left Washington to move to New York City and "60 Minutes" fame.Her story is well told with no whining and much humor. The political stories are many and deftly presented. She gives a primer on what it takes for a woman to be. 0th year (1972) when she went to work for CBS as a White House correspondent. It ends in 1992 when she left Washington to move to New York City and "60 Minutes" fame.Her story is well told with no whining and much humor. The political stories are many and deftly presented. She gives a primer on what it takes for a woman to be