Robert MacNeil
Journalist
About This Interview
Robert MacNeil was interviewed for seven hours (in two sessions) in New York, NY. Mr. MacNeil spoke about his illustrious career in journalism, staring in London with ITV and later Reuters. He segued to the NBC bureau in London and covered the Berlin crisis (when the Berlin wall was erected) and the Cuban Missile Crisis (from inside Cuba). Next, he discussed his move to Washington D.C., where he covered the Kennedy assassination in Dallas (and unknowingly met Lee Harvey Oswald) and the Civil Rights movement in the South. He talked about leaving NBC and his work with the BBC, as well as the beginnings of his partnership with Jim Lehrer. In the second segment of his interview, Mr. MacNeil talked about The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (later the MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour ), as well as his more recent work as a novelist. The two-part interview was conducted by Don Carleton on November 18, 2000 and May 15, 2001.
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Interview
- Part 1
- On his early life and influences; on radio he listened to growing up
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On his experiences during World War 2; on his education and his first job in broadcasting at the CBC
Clip begins at: 14:42 - Part 2
- On becoming a writer; on his first experience with television
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On working for the BBC; on the Hollywood Blacklist; on going to work for NBC News
Clip begins at: 11:23 - Part 3
- On working with John Chancellor at NBC; on covering the Belgian Congo uprising
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On covering the rise of the Berlin Wall; on covering the Cuban Missile Crisis
Clip begins at: 14:07 - Part 4
- On covering the Cuban Missile Crisis; on covering the Cold War in East Berlin
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On covering Algeria; on covering the Civil Rights Movement; on covering the Kennedy White House and the Barry Goldwater campaign
Clip begins at: 13:34 - Part 5
- On covering Barry Goldwater
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas for NBC News
Clip begins at: 07:54 - Part 6
- On covering the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On covering the 1964 campaign for The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on acting as roving reporter and covering the death of Winston Churchill
Clip begins at: 14:20 - Part 7
- On covering the death of Winston Churchill; on anchoring news on NBC and leaving for the BBC
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On his critique of The Huntley-Brinkley Report and network news in general
Clip begins at: 16:11 - Part 8
- On his experience working for the BBC; on the differences between British and US news; on covering Richard Nixon
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On going to work at PBS and being teamed with Jim Lehrer; on leaving the BBC; on the Public Broadcasting Laborotry
Clip begins at: 15:05 - Part 9
- On how the Kennedy and Johnson administrations dealt with the press; on the press treatment of US Presidents
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On covering the civil rights movement; on television's role in the major news events of the 20th century
Clip begins at: 17:46 - Part 10
- On the special The World is Watching; on editing news stories
Clip begins at: 0:0 - On covering Watergate; on the birth of his partnership with Jim Lehrer
Clip begins at: 13:10 - Part 11
- Full Chapter Eleven
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 12
- Full Chapter Twelve
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 13
- Full Chapter Thirteen
Clip begins at: 0:0 - Part 14
- Full Chapter Fourteen
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"Anyway, they didn't fire me and..."
I loled at how he said that.
BTW Robert MacNeil turned 80 yesterday.
He looks great for such a great age!
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