Bulletins from Dallas: Reporting the JFK Assassination
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0725X1FJH |
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| Number of Pages | : | 239 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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But he has never been the subject of a biography. Bulletins from Dallas tells for the first time how Smith beat his competition on the story, and shows how the biggest scoop of his career foreshadowed his personal downfall.. At Parkland Hospital, Smith saw President Kennedy's blood-soaked body in the back of his limousine before the emergency room attendants arrived. As the top White House reporter of his time, Smith was a bona fide celebrity and even a regular on late-night TV. Central Time, UPI White House reporter Merriman Smith broke the new
A great read with new perspectives on Dallas and the story behind the story Page-turner. Great read. Stayed up late to finish in one sitting. You thought you knew everything about Dallas, but think again. This is the story of how the story got told, from the perspective of a leading journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage and an author who did voluminous research to fill in the blanks. The subsequent research, interviews, etc. tie everything together. The advantages of just-the-facts reporting over today's more opinion-based version are discussed. So, too, is the personal story of Merriman Smith, the reporter involved. His remarkable rise to prominence, longevity on the beat, relationships with Presid. A Book You Can't Put Aside About a Story You Think You Know There have been so many stories written about the Kennedy assassination--history and conspiracies, books and magazine articles--that you'd think after over 50 years there's nothing new or interesting to say. You'd be wrong. Bill Sanderson, a veteran newspaper reporter and editor, does for this story what great writers do. He gives his reader a fresh perspective by telling the story from a new and different viewpoint and by presenting facts that no one knew. The perspective is that of Merriman Smith, a deeply flawed and intensely interesting character. Smith was the UPI White House corespondent from Roosevelt to Nixon. For much of that time, . C. Ellen Connally said The untold story of a man that saw and wrote history. In light of the current President's ongoing and the never ending battle with the press, it was extremely interesting and to some extent refreshing to read about a time when the President and the press were actually friends. Merriman Smith was the quintessential Washington insider as the long time dean of the White House Press corp. But for most of the presidents that he covered, he had an actual friendship. Presidents would have a difference of opinion about the news coverage but then they would also remain friends and there was a mutual respect on each side. And there was a certain amount of comradery between members of the press.Alas, shou