Bush’s pick for vice president, Dan Quayle, if “fear of being killed in Vietnam” led to Quayle joining the National Guard in 1969.Īs a member of the U.S. So guarded against any appearance of bias that he didn’t vote, Shaw asked tough questions of several politicians. “He will be remembered as a fierce advocate of responsible journalism.”ĬNN’s current chief executive, Chris Licht, paid tribute to Shaw as a CNN original who made appearances on the network as recently as last year to provide commentary. “Bernard Shaw exemplified excellence in his life,” Johnson said.
On Twitter, CNN’s John King paid tribute to Shaw’s “soft-spoken yet booming voice” and said he was a mentor and role model to many. While at ABC, he was one of the first reporters on the scene of the 1978 Jonestown massacre. Shaw covered the demonstrations in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, signing off as authorities told CNN to stop its telecast. “And I personally feel that I passed my stringent test for that in Baghdad.” “In all of the years of preparing to being anchor, one of the things I strove for was to be able to control my emotions in the midst of hell breaking out,” Shaw said in a 2014 interview with NPR. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, recognized it as a key moment. Shaw, who grew up in Chicago wanting to be a journalist and admiring legendary CBS newsmen Edward R. “He put CNN on the map,” said Frank Sesno, a former CNN Washington bureau chief and now a professor at George Washington University. The reports were crucial in establishing CNN when it was the only cable news network and broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC dominated television news. “I’ve never been there,” he said that night, “but this feels like we’re in the center of hell.” Shaw memorably reported, with correspondents Peter Arnett and John Holliman, from a hotel room in Baghdad as CNN aired stunning footage of airstrikes and anti-aircraft fire at the beginning of U.S. “Since when did a question hurt a politician?” Shaw said in an interview aired by CSPAN in 2001.
Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS/Micheal Tweed Previous Nextĭukakis’ coolly technocratic response was widely seen as damaging to his campaign, and Shaw said later he got a flood of hate mail for asking it. 7, 2022, according to Tom Johnson, the network's former chief executive. died of pneumonia in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. Shaw, who was CNN's original chief anchor when the network started in 1980, died of pneumonia in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. FILE - Ted Turner is joined by newsman Bernard Shaw, left, and Larry King, right, at a reception, Jan.
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