This Just In

A memoir of the CBS newsman’s life, from his early days as a police beat reporter, through Nixon and Watergate, the bloodshed at home and at Vietnam in the ‘60s, up to 9/11. I had never heard of Schieffer before, even though he was originally a Texas newsman. In any case, this is a very pleasant aut......more

I really like books that take a look at the inside world of journalism and network news. This was an easy to read account of Bob Shieffer's career beginning in radio in Fort Worth, Texas, moving to the print media, and finally to television news. The book brought home how random events can make the......more

I really enjoyed reading this book - it was like taking a walk through the memory lane of my childhood, as it was tied to the events of the day. As certain songs remind me of moments in my life when i first heard them, so this book does the same with important political events of Bob Schieffer's car......more

If you're a Network TV news junkie, or a member of the Bob Schieffer fan club, you'll thoroughly enjoy this book. If you stayed high during the 60's, and don't remember the Cuba Missle Crisis, the '68 Democratic convention in Chicago, or subsequent events like Watergate, Spiro Agnew, or Whitewater,......more

Summary: Bob Schieffer's book is easy to read but does not reward even that little effort. This Just In is like a stack of losing lottery tickets: hoped-for rewards repeatedly fail to materialize. _____ As Walter Cronkite reports that President Kennedy has been shot, he takes off his glasses and looks......more