Eric Engberg
Eric Engberg | |
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| Born | Eric Jon Engberg September 18, 1941 |
| Died | March 27, 2016 (aged 74) |
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| Occupation | broadcast journalist |
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| Spouse | Judith Ann Klein Engberg[2][6] |
| Children | three sons[6]
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| Awards | Sigma Delta Chi awards
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| Website | www |
Eric Jon Engberg (September 18, 1941 – March 27, 2016) was an American correspondent who worked for CBS News from 1976 to 2003.
Life
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Eric Engberg website Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Eric Engberg at IMDb
- "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"" Archived 2009-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, Entertainment Weekly, Tim Appelo, March 23, 1990