Eric Engberg

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Eric Engberg
Born
Eric Jon Engberg

(1941-09-18)September 18, 1941
DiedMarch 27, 2016(2016-03-27) (aged 74)
Alma mater
Occupationbroadcast journalist
Employers
Known for
SpouseJudith Ann Klein Engberg[2][6]
Childrenthree sons[6]
  • Eric Robin Engberg
  • Jason Evans Engberg
  • Mark A Engberg[7]
AwardsSigma Delta Chi awards
Websitewww.ericengberg.com

Eric Jon Engberg (September 18, 1941 – March 27, 2016) was an American correspondent who worked for CBS News from 1976 to 2003.

Engberg attended Highland Park High School (Class of 1959) in Highland Park, Illinois.[11] He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.[12]

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.[4][13][14]

Engberg wrote disparagingly of the candidates' performance in the 2000 presidential debates.[15] He cautioned that anonymous sources are often misleading.[3]

Engberg died at his home in Palmetto, Florida, on March 27, 2016.[16]

Awards

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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,[10] and 1999 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award silver baton award.[17]

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  16. ^ CBS Evening News, March 28, 2016
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