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"I had to look straight into the camera and convey as much a sense of seriousness as I could muster. But the stories I covered called for that anyway." - Lesley Stahl, News Correspondent

News and Documentary describes shows that feature the news of the day, an in-depth and/or investigative report, or an historical record.

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  • 20/20
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  • 60 Minutes
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  • ABC News
  • ABC News Nightline
  • Arrest and Trial
  • C
  • Civil War, The
  • F
  • Face the Nation
  • H
  • Huntley-Brinkley Report, The
  • M
  • Meet the Press
  • R
  • Race for Space, The
  • T
  • Today
  • Twentieth Century, The

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Watch Interview Highlights

  • Lesley Stahl on the process of doing a story for 60 Minutes
  • Walter Cronkite on what he observes to be a deterioration of the quality of news programs and why
  • Tim Russert on moderating Meet the Press, his approach to interviews and his broadcast philosophy
  • Barbara Walters on her approach to interviewing
  • Sam Donaldson on the competitive nature of ABC News in the 1970s as they tried to scoop CBS or NBC
  • Walter Cronkite on the subtle differences in TV journalism between editorials, commentary, and analysis
  • Walter Cronkite on how "intimate" television was in the early days of news broadcasting
  • Betty Cole Dukert on covering the Vietnam war on Meet the Press ; the challenges of getting interviews

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  • Meet the Press longest running show

    MEET THE PRESS is the longest running television show in history. The weekly news program debuted in 1947 on NBC.
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