Monday, November 9, 2009

The Wall


The inside story on how NBC got the live scoop on the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago today. This is a pretty interesting article.

From MSNBC...
On the night of Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall — the stark, menacing symbol of the Cold War — came crashing down, suddenly and dramatically.

NBC News, alone among the world’s major television-news organizations, was broadcasting live from the scene. The persistence of our foreign news editor — and more than a little good fortune — combined to give NBC one of the greatest live exclusives in the history of broadcast journalism.

Read the full article here.

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