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
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.
You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.
You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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 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.