RIP Ike Pappas, CBS News

huh?

 

Yeah, I call myself a student of history.
I love all aspects of history and watch tons of A&E-type TV.

Lived in Dallas 5 years and examined Dealey, plus all things Kennedy, tons of times.
Worked at D.Times Herald prior to it closing.
Just wasn't familiar with Pappas.

 

Had a resume that extended well past 11/22-25/63, as well. Covered the Pentagon for much of the Vietnam war, I recall.

 

Ike Pappas was a CBS correspondent when it was the best news network, hands down. I remember him accompanying a patrol in Vietnam, when they were ambushed, and he was also at Kent State.

 

I remembered Ike Pappas. RIP.

 

He was great. It's screwed up the way CBS showed him the door like they did their other aging talent.

 

Here you go:

For those of you who weren't around - which I'm assuming is the majority of this board - could you imagine being a national news journalist between, say, 1963-75? There must not have been such a thing as a slow news day.