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An in-depth look at one of the twentieth century's celebrity reporters and his biggest storyline. Because of one reporter's skill, we can fix the precise minute on November 22, 1963 when the planet stopped and presented its breathing: At 12:34 p.m. Central Time, UPI White House reporter Merriman Smith broke the news that shots had been fired at Chief executive Kennedy's motorcade. A lot of people think Walter Cronkite was the first ever to tell America about the assassination. However when Cronkite broke the news on Tv set, he read in one of Smith's dispatches. At Parkland Hospital, Smith saw Chief executive Kennedy's blood-soaked body in the rear of his limousine prior to the emergency room attendants arrived. Two hours later, he was one of three journalists to witness Chief executive Johnson's swearing-in aboard Air Push One. Smith rightly earned a Pulitzer Prize for the stunning story he wrote for the next day's morning newspapers. Smith's scoop is journalism tale. However the full storyline of how he pulled off the most amazing reportorial coup has never been informed. As the top White House reporter of his time, Smith was a bona fide celebrity and a good regular on late-night Tv set. But he has never been the subject of a biography. With usage of a trove of Smith's personal letters and documents and through interviews with Smith's family and acquaintances, veteran information reporter Costs Sanderson will split open the tale. Bulletins from Dallas tells for the first time how Smith beat his competition on the story, and shows how the biggest scoop of his profession foreshadowed his personal downfall.
