Ed Bradley
Ed Bradley
Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr.was an American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News television program 60 Minutes. During his earlier career he also covered the fall of Saigon, was the first black television correspondent to cover the White House, and anchored his own news broadcast, CBS Sunday Night News with Ed Bradley. He received several awards for his work including the Peabody, the National Association of Black Journalists Lifetime Achievement Award, and 19...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth22 June 1941
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father.
I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business.
When you're in a tournament, that's what you're looking to do?
It directly contradicts, though, what the president and his staff were telling us.
I worked to save up enough money to pay off my bills and have enough money to live for a little while, and then I moved to Paris.
One panel after another found that agencies were giving conflicting information to the president.
We were the first and thank God we're still ticking. We were the first at what we did, the first newsmagazine program. Today, the television landscape is littered with them.
We were the first and thank God we're still ticking, ... We were the first at what we did, the first newsmagazine program. Today, the television landscape is littered with them.
When we lost the competition, we lost the public will to continue,
Then I learned how to do wraparounds and things like that. I had no experience.
The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.
I think, in some ways, Michael Jackson is out of touch with reality, and I don't think he has people around him who can say, Michael, can't do this. Michael, you can't do that. Michael, you can't say this. You know, I think he has been so big for so long that he can do whatever he wants to do.
I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.