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Category Archives: Classic News
CBS Evening News 3/17/77: Foreign News and Freedom of the Press
The New Democrat The CBS Evening News looking at foreign news, which is what I wish network news did more of today. An actual sports story on a national nightly newscast involving Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley. And a story … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News, The New Democrat
Tagged 1977, CBS Evening News, CBS News, Charlie Finley, Foreign News, Freedom of the Press, Walter Cronkite
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NBC News: Election Night 1978, November 7th, 1978
Source:The New Democrat Some local New York State elections courtesy of WNBC-TV in New York City, which is naturally the NYC NBC affiliate there. Followed by NBC News coverage of some governors races and one Senate race in Mississippi. A … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News
Tagged 1978, 1978 Elections, 1978 Mid-Term Elections, 95th Congress, 96th Congress, America, Democratic Party, Election Night 1978, Jimmy Carter, NBC News, New York, New York City, President Jimmy Carter, Republican Party, The 1970s, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC, WNBC-TV
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CBS News: Longines Chronoscope: Senator Prescott Bush (1953)
Source:The New Democrat Senator Prescott Bush who of course is the father of George H.W. Bush and the grandfather of George H.W. Bush’s children, was what we would call a Northeastern Republican today. Someone who leans conservative, but who isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News, The New Democrat
Tagged 1953, 83rd Congress, America, Bush Family, CBS News, Center Right, Connecticut, Dwight Eisenhower, Longines Chronoscope, New York, New York City, Prescott Bush, President Dwight Eisenhower, Progressive Republicans, Progressives, Progressivism, Republican Party, Senate Republicans, Senator Prescott Bush, The 1950s, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, United States
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C-SPAN: U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee 1994 Hearing on Tobacco – Tobacco CEO’s Testify Before Congress
Source:The New Democrat The then Democratic controlled House of Representatives looked into tobacco by investigating the industry and looking at ways of regulating the industry. The famous scene with all of those tobacco executives lying under oath that tobacco … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News, The New Democrat
Tagged 1994 Health Care Reform Debate, Bill Clinton, Jim Lehrer, MacNeil/Lehrer Report, Mark Shields, Paul Gigot, PBS, PBS Newshour, President Bill Clinton, Robert McNeil, The Bill Clinton Administration, The Bill Clinton Presidency, Tobacco Industry, Tobacco Regulations
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CBS Evening News: St. Patrick’s Day 1977
Source:The New Democrat I was well sixteen months old on St. Patrick’s Day 1977. So to state the obvious, I don’t remember it. My memory starts really in the summer of 1978 when I’m three years old and right before … Continue reading
CBS News: Dan Rather-George H.W. Bush Showdown (1988)
Source:The New Democrat If you are familiar with the old CNN version of Crossfire from the 1980s and 1990s, this is what it looks like. Where the two debaters let’s say aren’t really there to answer the others questions or … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News, The New Democrat
Tagged 1988, 1988 Presidential Election, America, Bush Family, CBS Evening News, CBS News, Center Right, Dan Rather, Dan Rather-George H.W. Bush Interview, George H.W. Bush, George H.W. Bush For President, New York, New York City, President Ronald Reagan, Progressive Republicans, Progressives, Progressivism, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Texas, The White House, United States, Vice George H.W. Bush, Washington, Washington DC
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CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite: 3/17/77: A Look at Foreign Affairs and Energy Policy
Source:The New Democrat This was right before President Jimmy Carter gave his famous foreign policy and human rights speech at Notre Dame in the spring of 1977. The first United States President to ever at least during the Cold War … Continue reading
CBS News: Walter Cronkite’s First CBS Evening Newscast
Source:The New Democrat CBS News making history and for good reasons in 1963 with the first half-hour newscast. Which was a huge deal back in the early 1960s when TV networks were all about entertainment and sports, because that is … Continue reading
CBS Evening News: Dan Rather-George H.W. Bush Tiff The Day After
\ Source:The New Democrat I haven’t seen this video in about three years and I saw it then on YouTube. And if I heard anything about it as a kid in 1987 when this interview was conducted when I was … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News, The New Democrat
Tagged 1988, 1988 Presidential Campaign, America, CBS Evening News, CBS News, Dan Rather, George H.W. Bush, George H.W. Bush For President, New York, New York City, Republican Party, Texas, The 1980s, U.S. Government, United States, Vice President George H.W. Bush, Washington, Washington DC
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Jim Heath: Video: CBS News: Election 1982 Highlights
The New Democrat The recession of 1981-82 was huge and cost Congressional Republicans especially in the House a lot of seats. House Republicans lost something like thirty-five seats. Going from the low 190s in the House to the upper 150s … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News, The New Democrat
Tagged 1982 Congressional Elections, 1982 Congressional Mid-Term Elections, Bill Moyers, Bob Schieffer, Bruce Morton, CBS News, Dan Rather, Senator John Glenn, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, Walter Cronkite, Walter Mondale
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