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15 unusual facts about CBS News


3 News

3 News uses the international and domestic news sources of ITV News, Sky News, Channel 4 (UK), CBS News, Reuters, Seven News and Sky News New Zealand.

Brick Township, New Jersey

In 2009, Brick Township ranked No. 6 on Newsmax magazine's list of the "Top 25 Most Uniquely American Cities and Towns," a piece written by current CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg.

Buffett Rule

A CBS News/New York Times poll released in January 2012 found that 52 percent of Americans agreed that investments should be taxed at the same rate as income.

I Had Cancer

“It’s looking towards the future; it’s providing hope.” expressed Mailet in an interview with CBS News.

KNTX

Much of the schedule consists of news headlines from ABC News, CBS News, and the Texas State Network with the rest of the schedule filled with community news and classic hits from Cumulus Media Networks' "Classic Hits" satellite feed and more.

Lance Price

He broadcasts regularly on the BBC and other British TV and radio outlets, and is a regular contributor to CBS News' London Comment.

MarketWatch

MarketWatch formerly operated in partnership with CBS News.

Murray Armstrong

His son Rob Armstrong is a former CBS News journalist and the current Retired Professional in Residence at Flagler College.

Our Secret Weapon

Her husband, Paul White, was the first director of CBS News, and he directed research for Our Secret Weapon.

Pat Harper

Following Jorgensen's retirement from the station in 1983, and Bosh's departure in 1984, her co-anchors would include Brad Holbrook and former CBS News reporter/anchor Morton Dean.

Q30

Anthony Filiaci (2005–2009): Producer, CBS News, New York, NY (Former Q30 Promotions Director/"The Morning After" Host

Roderick Wetherill

In September 1969, Walter Cronkite of CBS News reported that some civilian advisors had also advised withdrawing U.S. troops; he further quoted Wetherill as describing both the displaced persons there and the withdrawal of American troops.

SP 3-125: Presidential Address Announcing His Intention to Resign the Oval Office

This book only provides Roger Mudd from CBS News as an example of someone who disliked the speech.

The One Percent Doctrine

Intelligence sources, however, told CBS News that, as far as they know, there are no terrorist cells operating in the U.S. under the command of Zawahri or bin Laden.

Three Cups of Tea

On the April 17, 2011 broadcast of CBS News' 60 Minutes, correspondent Steve Kroft alleged inaccuracies in Mortenson's books Three Cups of Tea and its sequel, Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as financial improprieties in the operation of the Central Asia Institute.


Adam Clayton Powell III

Before joining USC, Powell's career included positions at the Freedom Forum, NPR, CBS News, 1010 WINS in New York City (as news director), Quincy Jones Entertainment, and as general manager of Howard University’s WHUT-TV.

Advanced Skin Fitness

According to CBS News, the process is done through "a fractional laser that works by making microscopic holes in your skin, forcing it to repair itself with fresh cells".

Ari Shapiro

On September 12, 2012, Shapiro was recorded coordinating a question to ask Mitt Romney with CBS News's Jan Crawford just before a press conference to be held by Romney intended to address the American administration's response via the State Department to the 2012 diplomatic missions attacks.

Betsy Stark

Stark began her television career as a documentary producer for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program "Inside Story," for which she won a 1983 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting for her work on the CBS News versus William Westmoreland lawsuit.

Camille and Kennerly Kitt

Bailey Johnson, writing at the CBS News "Feed Blog", described their arrangement of The Cranberries' "Zombie" as an "elegant, wistful and an excellent tribute".

CBS News Weekend Roundup

It includes interviews with CBS News radio and TV correspondents and various newsmakers, compilations of reports through the week that have aired both on CBS-TV and CBS Radio, as well as commentary from actor and TV personality Charles Grodin.

Gridiron Club

Recently, however, it has begun opening its doors to such non-newspaper media figures as Tim Russert of NBC News, Bob Schieffer of CBS News, Mara Liasson of National Public Radio, and Judy Woodruff of PBS.

Gunnersbury

It houses a number of companies including SBS Broadcasting Networks Ltd., Teletext Ltd, CBS News, Technicolor, Discovery Channel Europe, Intelsat, Singapore Airlines, Qantas Airlines, Foxtons Estate Agents, and a Virgin Active health club (Virgin Active purchased Esporta at the end of 2011).

Hamilton University

CBS News reported in 2004 that Hamilton was operated by Rudy Marn of Key West, Florida.

Jeff Glor

He joined CBS News in 2007, where he has covered a wide range of stories domestically and internationally, including the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Hurricane Sandy's landfall in Atlantic City, the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, US Airways Flight 1549's landing in the Hudson, the 2011 Norway attacks, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the Iraq War (where he was embedded with U.S. soldiers).

John Sack

A correspondent and later a bureau chief for CBS News in Spain, he authored ten books, including the controversial title, An Eye for an Eye: The Untold Story of Jewish Revenge Against Germans in 1945.

KVTV

The move leaves KVTV as one of the few affiliates of CBS to not have a local newscast; the only news that now airs on the channel is programming from CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, CBS Morning News, and CBS This Morning with national weather and additional news updates given by a CBS News anchor during the :25 and :55 local news breaks.

Lucy Ramirez

Lucy Ramirez is the name Bill Burkett gave at one point as his source for the Killian documents, which purported to relate to George W. Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard, and which were used in CBS News coverage of the George W. Bush military service controversy.

Marshall Loeb

After Maryland Public Television dropped Louis Rukeyser in March 2002 as host of the Wall $treet Week program he had created 32 years earlier, Loeb and retired economics correspondent for CBS News Ray Brady were tapped to fill the hosting responsibilities during a three-month period while the program format was revamped.

Michael E. Toner

In addition, Toner has appeared as a guest commentator on Fox News Channel, ABC News, CBS News, Bloomberg News, MSNBC, Fox Business Network, C-SPAN, The BBC, and National Public Radio.

Murray Fromson

In early 1968, while reporting the Vietnam War for CBS News, Fromson was injured by rocket fire, during the battle for Khe Sanh following the Tet Offensive.

Peggy Noonan

Noonan worked as the daily CBS Radio commentary writer for anchorman Dan Rather at CBS News, whom she once called "the best boss I ever had."

Ripley, Tennessee

In 2009, Ripley appeared on Newsmax magazine's list of the "Top 25 Most Uniquely American Cities and Towns," a piece written by current CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg.

September of My Years

The edited result was included in a Walter Cronkite CBS News special about the singer's 50th birthday, broadcast on November 16, 1965.

StudentLoanJustice.org

StudentLoanJustice.org or its members have been covered by a number of newspapers, radio, and television shows, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, The National Review, The Wall Street Journal, Public Broadcasting System, Fortune Magazine, Businessweek, Fox Television, CNN, CBS News, Democracy Now!, The Chicago Sun-Times, and others.

The Bob Edwards Show

The first program included weekly political commentator Washington Post columnist David S. Broder, USA Today Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic, former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, and Eugene Robinson, author of Last Dance in Havana.

Troy, New York

In 2009, Troy ranked No. 15 on Newsmax magazine's list of the "Top 25 Most Uniquely American Cities and Towns," a piece written by current CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg.

United States vice-presidential debate, 2008

According to a poll of uncommitted voters conducted immediately after the debate by CBS News and the former Knowledge Network, 46% thought Senator Biden won the debate, 21% thought Governor Palin had won, and 33% thought it was a tie.

W*A*L*T*E*R

It was shown once in the Eastern and Central time zones of the United States, but pre-empted on the West Coast by CBS News coverage of the Democratic National Convention.