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President Bush, for instance, expressed the obligatory sadness over [Ed Bradley]'s death, and gave the equally obligatory tout of him as one of the most accomplished journalists of our times. But Bush and the others that paid tribute to him only reaffirmed Bradley as a news icon. It didn't say much about the real Ed Bradley that lay beneath the icon pedestal.
Fortunately, I had a chance to see that Ed Bradley. It happened in L.A. in 1998. And it didn't come from the weekly glimpse the nation got of him in front of the camera, or in the stern-faced, go for the jugular interviews that he did with any and everyone of importance during the past decade. It came off-camera, and it was the simple kindness he showed to a guest and a personal expression of appreciation that he showed to me that revealed the real Ed Bradley.His warmth, sincerity and appreciation bowled me over. Bradley's sincerity and warmth was on full display during and after the interview with Ms. [Yolanda Manuel]. It was clear that he didn't consider her and the case just another news story.See the full content of this document
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The Ed Bradley I Remember
The accolades and tributes poured in fast and furious when the news hit that CBS 60 Minutes living legend Ed Bradley had died.
But the thing that struck me about most of ...See the full content of this document
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