Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Friday, Dec 05, 1986


Title: Nightline

Abstract:
  • ABC "Nightline" re: anonymous sources leaking information about the Iran arms scandal.
  • Live discussion with columnist Jack Anderson, former Washington Post editor Howard Simons and Leslie Gelb of the New York Times.
  • Taped segment re: anonymous news sources, "Deep Throat," information leaks, including brief excerpts of reports by Dean Reynolds, Phil Jones (CBS), Chris Wallace (NBC), Carole Simpson, Anne Garrels (NBC), Dan Rather (CBS), Art Kent (NBC), Bill McLaughlin (CBS), and excerpts of interviews with Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, John McWethy, Edward Jay Epstein, excerpts of statements by John Dean, Ronald Reagan.
  • Reporters: Ted Koppel, James Walker.
  • Begin Time:11:31:30 pm
    End Time:12:01:10 am
    TVN Record Number:657136
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1986-2009 Vanderbilt University
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