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Article: David Brinkley: A Memoir.
- Article from:
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1995
- Author:
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A 1960's ditty, sung to the tune of "Love and Marriage," went this way:
Huntley-Brinkley, Huntley-Brinkley
One is gloomy and the other is twinkley David Brinkley was the twinkley one, but he neglects to mention that wry tribute in his autobiography, a ripping tale of a life in journalism that spans the entire history of television news -- a record of longevity that no other TV newsperson now working can come close to matching. Most television news watchers under the age of thirty (and there are a few) know Brinkley only as the host of a Sunday morning political chat show on the ABC network, but like a North Atlantic iceberg, that job description conceals the ...