Editing Bob Schieffer (section)

==CBS Broadcasting career==
Schieffer was anchor of the ''CBS Sunday Night News'' from 1973 to 1974, the ''CBS Sunday Evening News'' in 1976, and of the ''Saturday Evening News'' broadcast for twenty years from 1976 until 1996. He also anchored ''[[The Early Show#The 1980s|the weekday CBS morning show]]'' at the time called "Morning", which was titled in accordance to the day of the week (Monday Morning, Tuesday Morning, etc.) from 1979 to 1980. One of his best known roles was as moderator of the Sunday public affairs show, ''[[Face the Nation]]'', from 1991 until May 31, 2015.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Bob Schieffer.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Schieffer in April 2006]]
Schieffer was also known for his reporting duties.  Between 1970 and 1974, he was assigned to the Pentagon. From 1974 to 1979, he was the White House correspondent for CBS, and in 1982 he became Chief Washington Correspondent, in addition to his anchor duties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/journalist-bob-schieffer_b_7479988|title=Journalist Bob Schieffer Retires|last=Peyronnin|first=Joe |author-link=Joe Peyronnin |date=2015-05-31|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>

In the wake of [[Dan Rather]]'s controversial retirement,<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-11-23-tv-rather_x.htm Rather: 'Time for me to move on'] USAToday.com, November 23, 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2110113/ Telling It Slant] Slate, November 24, 2004</ref> he was named interim anchor for the weekday ''CBS Evening News''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/13/business.theobserver Dan Rather given a bite by Cronkite] The Observer, March 13, 2005</ref> He assumed that job on March 10, 2005, the day following Rather's last broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/schieffer-named-interim-evening-anchor-105807|title=Schieffer Named Interim Evening Anchor|date=21 June 2023 }}</ref>

Under Schieffer, the ''CBS Evening News'' gained about 200,000 viewers, to average 7.7 million viewers, reversing some of the decline in ratings that occurred during Rather's tenure; while ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' was down by 700,000 viewers, and ABC's ''[[World News with Diane Sawyer|World News Tonight]]'' lost 900,000.<ref>[http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/74602/couric-confirms-shes-headed-for-cbs/ Couric Confirms: She’s Headed for CBS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604123103/http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/74602/couric-confirms-shes-headed-for-cbs/ |date=2011-06-04 }} Poynter, April 4, 2006</ref> Schieffer closed the gap with ABC's ''[[World News with Charles Gibson|World News Tonight]]'' when co-anchor [[Bob Woodruff]] was injured in late January 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steinberg |first1=Jacques |title=Ratings Give CBS News a Sign of Hope |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/arts/television/ratings-give-cbs-news-a-sign-of-hope.html |website=The New York Times  |date=17 May 2006 |access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>

Schieffer made his last ''CBS Evening News'' broadcast on August 31, 2006,<ref>[http://www.poynter.org/uncategorized/76384/katie-couric-cbs-timeline-1975-2010/ Katie Couric / CBS Timeline (1975–2010)] Poynter, July 19, 2006</ref> and was replaced by [[Katie Couric]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120928091044/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/12137229/ns/today-entertainment/ Katie Couric says she's leaving ‘Today’] MSNBC, July 4, 2006</ref> On Couric's second broadcast, he returned to provide segments for the evening news as chief Washington correspondent. Schieffer was also a substitute anchor for Couric and [[Scott Pelley]] when he became anchor of the evening news in June 2011.

On October 13, 2004, Schieffer was the moderator of the third [[2004 United States presidential debates|presidential debate]] between [[U.S. President|President]] [[George W. Bush]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Kerry]] in Tempe, Arizona.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2004/10/14/4108648/bush-kerry-spar-over-domestic-policy-issues|title=Bush, Kerry Spar in 3rd Debate|website=NPR|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> On October 15, 2008, Schieffer moderated the third presidential debate between Senator [[Barack Obama]] and Senator [[John McCain]] at [[Hofstra University]] in Uniondale, New York.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The 2008 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective|url=https://archive.org/details/studiesidentityp00dent|url-access=limited|last=Denton|first=Robert E.|year=2009|pages=[https://archive.org/details/studiesidentityp00dent/page/n109 93]}}</ref> Schieffer also moderated the third debate of the presidential candidates in 2012, between President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor [[Mitt Romney]], on October 22, in [[Boca Raton, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/22/bob-schieffer-boca-raton-debate-moderator|title=Bob Schieffer: CBS veteran in the chair for crucial Boca Raton debate|last=Gabbatt|first=Adam|date=2012-10-22|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-01-28|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2013, Schieffer won the [[National Association of Broadcasters]] Distinguished Service Award and the [[Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Arizona State University|title=Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication|url=https://cronkite.asu.edu/about/walter-cronkite-and-asu/walter-cronkite-award|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=NAB Awards {{!}} Past Award Recipients|url=https://www.nab.org/events/awards/pastAwardWinners.asp|access-date=2021-06-22|website=National Association of Broadcasters|language=en-US}}</ref>