Talk:Bernard Shaw (journalist)

Tone criticism
This statement, "The book as well as the film features Shaw’s subsequent trips to Iraq around the events of 1991 Gulf War including his interviewing of the then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his epic live coverage of the Baghdad air strike on 17 January 1991 with his CNN colleagues John Holliman and Peter Arnett, from where the name of Wiener’s work was taken." reads like it was written by a publicist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.95.70.78 (talk) 21:59, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Not an Original Anecdote
I have a problem with the following paragraph:

"On January 4, 2006, CNN analyst Jack Cafferty relayed an anecdote about Shaw when discussing the role of the media in the Sago Mine disaster. Cafferty said on CNN's Situation Room that when conversing with Shaw about why he was the only anchor covering the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan to not report that James Brady was dead, Shaw said that he didn't go on air with the information because he didn't have confirmation with "anyone in the room." According to Cafferty, Shaw did not report the erroneous information, when all the network anchors did."

While this passage implies that Jack Cafferty was the first to relay this anecdote, the story has in fact appeared in a number of published sources, including Whittemore's CNN: The Inside Story and subsequent publications. WorldWide Update 21:05, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the paragraph entirely, mainly because the gist of it is simply not true. I have a tape of some of the CNN Reagan assassination attempt coverage, and Shaw DOES say that Jim Brady is dead. Several times, in fact... once even attributing it to the White House. So while it may be true that Shaw has been saying that about himself (which I'll chalk up to faulty memory of an intense day), his claim is incorrect. --68.155.165.159 (talk) 23:07, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 14:24, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Wasn't he the first Afro-American news anchor?
It's surprising that neither here nor on the CNN page is it noted that Shaw was the first. I seem to remember that CNN back then made a big deal about this. I know the same was said about Max Robinson when he co-hosted the ABC News program. Shouldn't this be noted in Shaw's article (and on the CNN page)? __209.179.1.55 (talk) 01:00, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

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