Catherine Mackin
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Catherine Patricia "Cassie" Mackin was a pioneer woman journalist in United States television network broadcasting. In the early 1970s, she anchored a WRC-TV newscast and in 1972 became NBC's first fe
Mackin reports at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
The Boys on the Bus
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The Boys on the Bus is a non-fiction book by author Timothy Crouse detailing life on the road for reporters covering the 1972 United States presidential election.
Catherine Mackin
…George McGovern that were untrue—the only reporter covering the Nixon campaign to point out Nixon's mendacity—was highlighted in Timothy Crouse's book, The Boys on the Bus. After a stint in Los Angeles, Mackin returned to Washington in 1974 as the Sunday evening anchor and congressional correspondent. When Barbara Walters…
2003 printing