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6 unusual facts about Bob Herbert


Aidan Delgado

Delgado sparked considerable controversy when, upon his release from the Army and his return to the United States, he asserted, in an interview with The New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, to have witnessed cases of abuse perpetrated against Iraqi civilians by American soldiers.

Bob Herbert

This led to a position on WCBS-TV in New York, as a founding panelist of Sunday Edition in 1990, as well as becoming host of Hotline, a weekly issues program on New York public television.

Herbert is mentioned in the Seinfeld episode "The Big Salad" when character George Costanza's girlfriend Julie is discussing her favorite writers, and says "And Bob Herbert's great. He's the Daily News," to which Costanza compares Herbert's name pronunciation with Atlanta Falcons quarterback Bobby Hebert.

Herbert received a Bachelor of Science, Journalism from the State University of New York (Empire State College) in 1988.

Destrehan, Louisiana

The case was highlighted by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert in 2007 as an egregious example of a racially motivated abuse of the justice system, as Tyler was unjustly imprisoned.

Gary Tyler

In 2007 Bob Herbert of The New York Times wrote three columns about the case and the injustice against Tyler.



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