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The veteran broadcast television journalist was CNN's first chief anchor, a position that earned him the trust of millions of viewers across the country.

Shaw raised eyebrows with his first question to Dukakis, who was then the Democratic governor of Massachusetts. Bush and Michael Dukakis in the lead-up to the 1988 general election. He attended the University of Illinois at Chicago, receiving a bachelor's degree in history in 1966. CNN, as it came to be known, helped to fundamentally change the format and pace of TV news. He aspired to a career in journalism at a young age. Shaw was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame (1999) and received two lifetime achievements honors, from the Edward R.

During the era that many viewers learned to watch CNN during breaking news, Shaw was its first chief anchor, reporting on stories from the shooting of ...

The more intense the news story I cover, the cooler I want to be. And it would be a disservice to the consumers of news — be they readers, listeners or viewers — for me to become emotional and to get carried away." Shaw was born May 22, 1940, and grew up in Chicago, and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago before joining the Marines.

Bernard Shaw, a CNN top anchor for over two decades, is dead at 82. The cause of death was pneumonia. He notably covered the attempted assassination of ...

“It was a very uplifting and a very inspiring conversation.” Shaw went on to win the [Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism](https://cronkite.asu.edu/community/walter-cronkite-award/) in 1994. “I called the hotel 34 times,” Shaw later recalled to Along with his wife, Linda Allston, Shaw is survived by two children, Amar Edgar and Anil Louise, according to [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/27/us/bernard-shaw-fast-facts/index.html).

Trailblazing Black news anchor chronicled iconic moments in history from Tiananmen Square to the first Gulf war.

He was later a US Marine, earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Illinois Chicago and translated his insatiable consumption of the news into a job as a reporter and anchor at a local television station in his hometown. Shaw’s family said they were planning a private funeral but intended to host a public memorial at a later time. For a time, Shaw was the only Black journalist anchoring the evening news on a major network, inspiring other Black journalists who entered the industry. In a separate statement, CNN chairman Chris Licht expressed condolences to Shaw’s wife, Linda, and their two children. He reported on some of the biggest news stories from that era, including China’s deadly quelling of the Tiananmen Square student revolt in 1989, the first Gulf war in 1991 for which he went to Baghdad to report, and the 2000 presidential election, won by George W Bush following a controversial US supreme court ruling. “Globally, you are an island speck in an ocean of color.

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The three-square-meals model is now something of a relic of the Industrial Revolution. Pour in some cold water, let the milk rehydrate, and voila. There was still a bit of that spirit, sure, but it was hard to ignore the darker message that not only do Apple products save lives, not having Apple products could be fatal. The somewhat cynical reality here is that Apple products are top shelf, and inflation is eating into people's disposable incomes. (OK, most nights — we believe in a four-day work week around here.) For better or worse, the 2020s are gonna be all about snacks. Before flavored seltzer took over the world, there was Fresca, the grapefruity, not-too-sweet, diet-but-not-diet drink. The Chevrolet Equinox EV will have The new iPhone features, as we wrote here yesterday, were few and far between. For the uninitiated, Fresca is pretty much perfect, yet perplexingly less prominent than other zero-calorie sodas. The iPhone 14 isn't so different from its predecessor. In a three-minute video, Apple positions itself as a lifesaver in a crisis.

He put CNN on the map,” said Frank Sesno, a former CNN Washington bureau chief and now a professor at George Washington University.

Because of all the things he missed with his family while working, he told NPR that “I don’t think it was worth it.” “I was going to give him five begrudging minutes and ended up talking to him for a half-hour. “He was the most persistent guy I’ve ever met in my life,” Cronkite told the Washington Post in 1991. As a member of the U.S. “And I personally feel that I passed my stringent test for that in Baghdad.” Bush and Michael Dukakis, he asked the Democrat — a death penalty opponent — whether he would support that penalty for someone found guilty of raping and murdering Dukakis’ wife Kitty.

Chris Licht, CNN Chairman and CEO said in a statement on Thursday that Bernard Shaw, CNN's beloved anchor, and his colleague, passed away at 82.

He said that the legacy Shaw left behind will live on through his work. Turner paid condolences to the Shaw family in a statement on Thursday evening. Turner said Bernie was one of the most respected journalists in the country. CNN was the first television news network in the world to run 24x7. His former colleagues felt this was a crazy move; however, Shaw thought it was the last frontier in network television news. Johnson expressed his grief on the passing away of his personal friend and colleague for more than 55 years. He was the first African American journalist to moderate a presidential debate. He was the first chief anchor and started with CNN when it was first launched on 1st June 1980. His style of journalism was fearless and independent. During his career, Shaw covered the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. In 1991, Shaw covered the Gulf War live, the first in television history. [CNN](/topic/cnn), died of pneumonia at a hospital in Washington, DC, his family announced on Thursday.

Bernard Shaw became the chief anchor of the major news network in 1980 when it launched and for the next two-decades would build an award-winning career in ...

He grew up loving to read and eventually received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He always could be trusted as a reporter and as an anchor.' He resisted forcefully any lowering of ethical news standards or any compromise of solid news coverage. The Shaw family requests complete privacy at this time,' read the statement. Johnson said: 'As a journalist, he demanded accuracy and fairness in news coverage. Over the course of his career he became a trusted anchor who was able to deliver important story with gravitas and an air of calm about him.

Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement Thursday. Shaw was 82.

"The most important chair was the chair at the assignment desk. And it would be a disservice to the consumers of news -- be they readers, listeners or viewers -- for me to become emotional and to get carried away," he said. Shaw was the recipient of many awards for his journalism including the Edward R. And as a gardener, I want to grow and smell them more -- when I'm not writing." "The world has lost a hero for democracy and truth." And to you around the world and across our great land here in the United States, more than your praise I have valued your criticism and your suggestions. He was also known for being cool under pressure -- which was exemplified with his coverage of the First Gulf War. "I thought it was the last frontier in network television news," The condolences of all of us at CNN go out to his wife Linda and his children." He always could be trusted as a reporter and as an anchor," Johnson said. The family requested donations to a scholarship fund in lieu of flowers, according to a statement provided by former CNN CEO Tom Johnson. "CNN's beloved anchor and colleague, Bernard Shaw, passed away yesterday at the age of 82.

Bernard Shaw, former CNN anchor and a pioneering Black journalist remembered for his blunt question at a presidential debate and calmly reporting the ...

Because of all the things he missed with his family while working, he told NPR that “I don't think it was worth it.” “I was going to give him five begrudging minutes and ended up talking to him for a half hour. “He was the most persistent guy I've ever met in my life,” the late Cronkite told the Washington Post in 1991. As a member of the U.S. “And I personally feel that I passed my stringent test for that in Baghdad.” Bush and Michael Dukakis, he asked the Democrat — a death penalty opponent — whether he would support that penalty for someone found guilty of raping and murdering Dukakis' wife Kitty.

Shaw's work during the first Gulf War was instrumental in CNN making a name for itself in the news industry.

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CNN anchor Brianna Keilar has more. Former President Barack Obama had the crowd chuckling during the unveiling of his and former first lady Michelle Obama's official White House portraits. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

Ukrainian forces have made sweeping advances in September in their fight against Russia, easing some investor fears of a prolonged war-induced energy crisis ...

"This lack of energy is forecast to significantly bring down the European Union's economy this winter. Still, the war could drag on for quite some time, and Ukraine's spate of victories doesn't mean the problems the war poses will end anytime soon. Markets want to see an end to this war. Grain supply has also been disrupted, leading to a spike in commodities prices. If you map those three days over the direction of the market, said Quincy Krosby, chief global strategist for LPL Financial, it's clear that this is a contributing factor to equity gains. The Dow (

Gary Friedman, the CEO of luxury home goods retailer RH, is often a colorful speaker who doesn't mince words. That was on full display during the company's ...

So it's probably going to be a difficult 12 to 18 months in our industry. For a Wall Street Journal preview, the CEO agreed only to a photo of We've been through the Great Recession before," he said. "You usually can't find good breakfast in this town. "While everybody is, like, running around, trying to pick up the apples on the ground, we figured out how to build an apple-harvesting company," he said. That's where, according to Friedman, guests can find a good breakfast — something that he claims, rather controversially, is lacking in fair Gotham.

Even if it's late to the game, "SNL"'s cold open to the new season will somehow cover the FBI visit to Mar-a-Lago.

How many new fanciful explanations will Trump be able to conjure up in another month? "SNL" has had very little opportunity in the past to have fun with those bloated presidential political conventions, because they are almost always held mid-summer, and some great funny moments were missed. Are some still hidden poolside among the guest towels? But a couple of years later, with Trump still fulminating weekly about something (Russia-gate, NATO, CNN, "SNL" itself), the need to go back to the Trump well again and again seemed a strain on the show's creativity. The only joke idea the staff could come up with was to highlight how Top secret documents all over a beach hotel? " from 2013) that he feels compelled — sometimes against his better comedic judgement — to do a sketch even when the debate offers almost no easy comedy targets. He recognizes that some events are so much in the news that the audience expects "SNL" to find a sketch that can reproduce them comedically. ) that it was hard to top him in the writers' room. , who captures the contemporary, stream-of-consciousness Trump, flitting from topic to topic mid-sentence. His presidency generated so much self-parody (an Instead, the show will have to wait.