{"id":39941,"date":"2016-11-07T04:52:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T09:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=39941"},"modified":"2016-11-15T13:50:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T18:50:29","slug":"november-7-1954-face-the-nation-debuts-on-cbswait-til","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=39941","title":{"rendered":"November 7, 1954&#8230;&#8221;Face The Nation&#8221; Debuts On CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\"  title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/November-7-1954...Face-The-Nation-Debuts-On-CBS-Wait-til.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/>November 7, 1954&#8230;&#8221;Face The Nation&#8221; Debuts On CBS<\/p>\n<p>Wait till you see this video of the first ever presentation of &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221;! The first thing you see is a closeup of a camera&#8217;s lens turret, in a widening shot, that would be the standard open for several years. The &#8220;guest&#8221; camera is behind the set wall, shooting over the shoulders of the panel.<\/p>\n<p>On that Sunday, November 7, 1954. That first &#8216;Face The Nation&#8217; guest was Sen. Joe McCarthy. In the early days, the show was broadcast on Sunday afternoons at 2:30 eastern. The program&#8217;s original host was Tedd Koop, then the Washington D.C. bureau chief for CBS News and originated from the network owned WTOP in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The show as created by the late Frank Stanton, who ran the network for over 20 years. When asked why he started it, he said simply, &#8220;Because NBC had &#8216;Meet the Press,&#8217; and I thought we needed a program like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We miss Bob Scheiffer, but his replacement, John Dickerson is quite good and it feels like he&#8217;s been there for years. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FtVJFBSMXDk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FtVJFBSMXDk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sen. Joseph McCarthy on Face the Nation\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FtVJFBSMXDk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>In the first Face the Nation broadcast on television, Sen. Joseph McCarthy responds to questions about his infamous hearings. (CBS NEWS)<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/1129082800462601\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 7, 1954&#8230;&#8221;Face The Nation&#8221; Debuts On CBS Wait till you see this video of the first ever presentation of &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221;! The first thing you see is a closeup of a camera&#8217;s lens turret, in a widening shot, that would be the standard open for several years. 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