President Reagan Shot assassination attempt Part 3

Network coverage of President Ronald Reagan being shot March 30, 1981. Part 3 of 11.

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News & Politics

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• President Ronald Reagan Shot
• assassination attempt
• CNN
• news
• March 30
• 1981
• Daniel Schorr
• Bernard Shaw CNN

[ChristopherSaindon]

Dan Rather DOES have a little experience with confirming bad news..I think he was the "correspondent" (sounds strange to even briefly revert back to that title) that confirmed JFK had died..and relayed it to Walter C.

[choppedandscrewed69]

The great Bernard Shaw!

[mlc2005]

It is truly sad to watch old school news like this. I grew up in the late 70's and 80's, and it all seemed so much more genuine back then. It wasn't sensationalized, and it was about CONTENT not IMAGE. Look at CNN now (and all the other cable news stations) compared to this... Bernard Shaw reads from papers, and with such authority. Now it's some blond with pancake make up and a plunging neck line (or man with pancake make up). I worry sometimes.

[headcase01]

@luridplanet Oh, the incident of the fake/falsified documents that Rather used to supposedly proved Bush guilty of something? I forget the details because THAT story mysteriously disappeared into the ether. Nevermind that the 'proof' was bogus, just that the false charge was remembered. Until it was forgotten.

What were we talking about?

[luridplanet]

@headcase01 Ironically, Rather was fired from CBS for reporting the truth about George Bush

[slicked25]

I envy all these professional reporters. Perfect TV voice. Way better than todays silicon loud mouths.

[whurdsderodan]

I miss great reporters like Daniel Schorre...

[whurdsderodan]

I miss great reporters like Daniel Shore...

[Nemesis000000]

Ah... a time when news felt genuine with people running around with papers and not caring aobut some shiny facade

[headcase01]

Only Dan Rather could be so convincing when reporting incorrect news. A sign of a true professional talking head.

[stevedrums]

Boy, even 30 years ago Rather was getting his facts wrong!!LOL!

[HamptonRoadsTVFan]

@joeyissoweird CNN was in its infancy at that point. Also, as this was a incident that looked like a potential tragedy in the making would have prevented any biases from either side from coming through.