Eric Jon Engberg (September 18, 1941 – March 27, 2016) was an American

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who worked for

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from 1976 to 2003.

Life

Engberg attended Highland Park High School (Class of 1959) in

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. He graduated from the

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School of Journalism. 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

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''Reality Check'' segment that ridiculed the

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proposal of

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. Goldberg leveled this charge in his book, '' Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News'', and elsewhere. Engberg wrote disparagingly of the candidates' performance in the

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presidential debates. He cautioned that anonymous sources are often misleading. Engberg died at his home in

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, on March 27, 2016.

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

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award, and 1999 Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award silver baton award.

References

External links

Eric Engberg website
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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

, Entertainment Weekly'', Tim Appelo, March 23, 1990 {{DEFAULTSORT:Engberg, Eric 1941 births 2016 deaths Highland Park High School (Illinois) alumni Missouri School of Journalism alumni CBS News people People from Palmetto, Florida People from Highland Park, Illinois Mass media people from Bethesda, Maryland