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Summary: Deceptive advertising
Review: The title gives the impression that the reader will learn facts that could not be aired on TV at the time of the incident. But this is an auto-biography starting when Bob was in college.
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Summary: This Just In
Review: Well, all the big names gave their reviews on the jacket cover. From just a little, old housewife in small town America let me tell you it is a very, good read. Although I was an adult and lived through all of the events in the book, it was a good review of events in American history when I was so busy raising my young childen. It put a few new wrinkles in those events from a person in know. A very good read!
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Summary: Proof positive a book can be apolitical AND good
Review: If you're expecting one of those polarizing, didactic tell-alls from Mr. Schieffer, you will be disappointed. This is a wonderfully centrist look at 40 years of American history through the eyes of one of the elder statesmen of the news media. THIS JUST IN allows you to check your dogma at the door, along with whatever SLANDER or STUPID WHITE MEN drivel you've been reading, and to enjoy a nonfiction book without judging its contents or its author. WAY TO GO, BOB!!
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Summary: A Memoir
Review: This is a terrific memoir of Mr. Schieffer's professional life. The book is, as one would expect, extremely well-written. The author's self-effacing and engaging style that works so well on TV works equally well as he tells his stories.
The book is a newsman's view of the news he reported. Most impressively, Mr. Schieffer walks that thin line of relating recent history to give enough background without insulting the reader's intelligence by treating him as if he has been living in a shell for the last 35 years or so. This is a typical memoir in that it relates Mr. Schieffer's professional career. The subtitle - "What I Couldn't Tell you on TV" is unfortunate, however, because there are not really any secrets in the book. This is a memoir and not a "tell-all". I do not think this author would be amenable to tablois style tell-all yarns. That does not detract from the book, only makes the title a bit misleading. Mr. Schieffer has reported and/or been close to most of the major stories in America for the last few decades. This is an enjoyable look at those stories through his eyes which had a close-up view. The writing is as good as the view he gives the reader.
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Summary: good one
Review: This ones a good one. I don't want to give away the ending so I will just say I truly termendously enjoyed it and you will also enjoy it too. It makes you THINK. I didn't read this whole bbok yet but I will AND what I completed so far - INCREDIBLE, that is why I am qualified to write my review. You won't be disappointed in this book. I am Harold McInnes.
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Summary: A fun read
Review: Well written and a fun read. The section about Clinton is very interesting. A good read.
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Summary: false advertising
Review: my gripe with this book is, in part, the title: This Just In -- WHAT I COULDN'T TELL YOU ON TV... Note: there is nothing newsworthy in this book - nothing new, no secrets, not one thing that has not been told on tv a hundred times. granted, it is a well-written autobiography and anyone interested in the intricate doings of CBS news may enjoy it. but, for the average reader, way too much detail about CBS news and the personalities involved. i think the average reader will pick up this book hoping to obtain insight on world events from a respected journalist. instead one gets the story of mr. schieffer's life - a quick read (many pages can be skipped) but not much meat on the bone. perhaps i just missed the point. after all many of the country's most respected journalists endorsed the book (buddies?)...Even Dan Jenkins: "Made me smile more than a platter of Tex-Mex enchiladas"..... PLEEEEASE.....
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Summary: Insightful and Entertaining
Review: For the last 30 plus years, Bob Schieffer may have been the hardest working newsman on the air at CBS News. His memoir of a life in journalism is filled with one interesting story after another as well as personal insights about balancing career and family. It's engaging and delightful.
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Summary: Just in, but already aware of.
Review: Bob really tries hard to convince, the information put forth is very well planned, beautifully written, eloquent, but is absolutely well known. People all over the world will be able to recognize what Bob is trying to convey. Not to many persons are unaware of the politics that invaded televison before the sixties. From president Kennedy's assasin, through Viet Nam, to 911, there is nothing new here in Bobs "This Just In." This is a good effort, as it is a continuing effort to expose the [stuff] in American Televison. We know, Bob. I suggest reading a book that takes it back to June of 1945 when the Japanese attacked Midway Island, we knew they were coming that day, also goes past 911, title is SB or God by Karl Maddox.
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Summary: This Just in is a Just a Good Account of a Reporter's Life
Review: Bob Schieffer is a native of Fort Worth Texas, the host of Face the Nation and a season veteran reporter. In over 40 years the Texan has covered racial conflict in the South, the Vietnam War, several presidential campaigns and the horror of 9-11.
Schieffer begins his fine book with the story of how he picked up Lee Harvey Oswald's mother on the way to the police station on that horrific November day in Dallas. Schieffer recounts his slow rise from a local Ft. Worth Station to a newspaper and local TV to the major leagues at CBS.
Bob's book is filled with humorous anecdotes of his many jaunts in the presidential plane, intimate glimpses behind the scenes at CBS and his views of the men who have occupied the Oval Office.
I have always been a fan of CBS News the "Tiffany Network"
and Bob Schieffer in his warm writing style is like listening to an old pro give us the inside scoops on the biggest stories of our lifetimes.
The life of a national reporter like Schieffer is no bed of roses. Constant commuting from Washington DC to New York; always on call with family needs placed on the sidelines and the in fighting of who gets the anchor and other good assignments in the studio all make for a good read.
I found this book along with Tim Russert's excellent new book two delightful tomes to while away a summer day.
This is a good book by a well respected, beloved and great
newsman. We appreciate Bob Schieffer and thank him for his book!
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