Eric Engberg
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Life
Engberg attended Highland Park High School (Class of 1959) in Highland Park, Illinois.[1] He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.[2]
He worked at WTOP-TV; WTOP-FM; WTOP from 1968 to 1972, then moved to Group W from 1972 until he joined CBS in 1976.
Bernard Goldberg listed, as a central example of media bias, an Engberg CBS Evening News Reality Check segment that ridiculed the flat tax proposal of Steve Forbes. Goldberg leveled this charge in his book, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, and elsewhere.[3][4][5]
Engberg wrote disparagingly of the candidates' performance in the 2000 presidential debates.[6] He cautioned that anonymous sources are often misleading.[7]
Engberg died at his home in Palmetto, Florida, on March 27, 2016.[8]
Awards
During his career Engberg received several awards for his reporting, including 1973’s Sigma Delta Chi distinguished service award in Radio Reporting and 1998 Investigative Reporters and Editors award,[9] and 1999 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award silver baton award.[10]
References
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External links
- Eric Engberg website Template:Webarchive
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- "Blogging As Typing, Not Journalism", CBS News, Dick Meyer, November 8, 2004
- "Outside Voices: Eric Engberg Calls For A Time Out On Anonymous Sources", CBS News, Vaughn Ververs, November 11, 2005
- "48 Hours with "48 Hours"" Template:Webarchive, Entertainment Weekly, Tim Appelo, March 23, 1990