Robert MacNeil, PBS anchor dies at 93

[Mediafrog+]

Robert MacNeil, Creator And First Anchor Of PBS 'Newshour' Nightly Newscast, Dies

MacNeil first gained prominence for his coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings for the Public Broadcasting Service and began his half-hour Robert MacNeil Report on PBS in 1975 with his friend Lehrer as Washington correspondent. The broadcast became the MacNeil-Lehrer Report and then, in 1983...

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[TheBigA]

MacNeil was in Dallas when JFK was assassinated and wrote a first-hand account of his experiences in this book:

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The line that stood out to me was when he described the roses given to Jackie Kennedy that day as ''the blood-red roses.''

https://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/2013/11/robert-macneil-reflects-on-reporting-the-jfk-assassination/

 

[crainbebo]

He's back together with Jim Lehrer up in Heaven. Robert MacNeil was top-class talent on PBS, and will be forever missed. May he RIP.

 

[Kemosabe]

The NewsHour aired the following tribute yesterday:

Mr. MacNeil was a wordsmith—a rarity in today's media.