Category Archives: Classic News

Sharon Kauffman: ABC News’s 20/20 First Episode- 6/06/1978

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat As the lead in to this video said ABC News, was a small player if not joke in the network news business in the 1970s. They basically remained that way until the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979-80 … Continue reading →

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Rob Atsea: ‘NBC News Update With Jessica Savitch- Easter 1979’

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat “Jessica Savitch anchors this Easter 1979 NBC News Update, which includes a promo for the game show “Whodunnit” From Rob Atsea Jessica Savitch, was NBC Nightly News’s weekend anchor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, before … Continue reading →

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CBS News Special Report: Archibald Cox Pre-Saturday Night Massacre

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I believe President Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald, was essentially an admission of guilt. That whatever credibility that President Nixon had left in this affair was now gone. Because the President was essentially telling … Continue reading →

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Active News: ABC World News Tonight, July 10, 1978: The Soviet Union Making Trouble

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: Active News: ABC World News Tonight, July 10, 1978: The Soviet Union Making Trouble The thing that people need to know about Marxist states which is exactly what the Soviet Union of Russia was for over seventy-years before the … Continue reading →

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Bob Parker: ABC World News January 6, 1987: The 100th Congress and The Iran Contra Investigation

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Early 1987 and really the whole 1987 year was a bad one for President Ronald Reagan and the Reagan Administration. Republicans, lost the Senate in 1986 which gave Congressional Democrats … Continue reading →

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CBS News See it Now: U.S. Senate Joseph McCarthy Responds to Edward R. Murrow

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Rik Schneider

For the life of me I wonder where Joe McCarthy got his information. Was it someone on his staff. Which is probably likely, but where would that person get their information. Or was it someone from an outside party outside … Continue reading →

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Bob Parker: ABC News 45-85- Communism on The March

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Erik Schneider

“”45/85 Part 3 an ABC News television documentary. It aired on September 18, 1985. The three-hour program combined archive film and television footage with new interviews to document post-World War II history, focusing especially on the Cold War. Hosted by … Continue reading →

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Bob Parker: ABC News 45-85- Start of The Cold War

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Erik Schneider

What British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was talking about when he called for the need for a North Atlantic Alliance that would fight against the spread of communism in Europe, became NATO in 1949. The North Atlantic Alliance between North … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Face The Nation- Fidel Castro (1959)

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Derik Schneider

“Shortly after leading rebel forces in overthrowing Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro appeared on the Jan. 11, 1959 edition of Face the Nation.” From CBS News This was just after the Castro Communists had taken power in Cuba in 1958, … Continue reading →

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Michaels Backporch: NBC Nightly News- Charles Manson Family Trial (1970-71)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

Source:Michaels Backporch– The Manson Family learning about the Los Angeles justice system. You can also see this post at Real Life Journal, on Blogger. You can also see this post at FreeState Now, on Blogger. “Description: Raw Footage Charles Manson Family trial … Continue reading →

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