Editing Bob Schieffer (section)

==Popular culture==

After fellow CBS newscaster and Texan [[Dan Rather]] was switched from the White House beat to hosting the documentary show, ''CBS Reports'', in 1974, the October 13, 1974, edition of the ''[[Doonesbury]]'' comic strip featured a joking fantasy scene in which Schieffer, his successor, haltingly comments on the transition: "It was the affiliates{{spaced ndash}}they just couldn't take him.<ref name="Go Comics">{{cite web|others=Doonesbury comic strip|title=Doonesbury by G.B. Trudeau|url=http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1974/10/13|work=gocomics.com|access-date=25 October 2011}}</ref> I mean let's face it, Dan wasn't exactly MR. TACT!. I dunno.... Maybe it's just as well in the long run, I mean, you know? Anyway, this is Robert Schieffer at the White House...." (Schieffer notes that "The strip was right on except for one thing. My real name is Bob, not Robert").

Schieffer had a cameo appearance beside [[Harrison Ford]] in the 2010 film, ''[[Morning Glory (2010 film)|Morning Glory]]'', along with his [[CBS News]] colleague [[Morley Safer]] as well as [[MSNBC]]'s [[Chris Matthews]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/morning-glory-97503/|title=Morning Glory|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=2010-11-10|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>
He also had a cameo appearance on television series ''Madam Secretary''  in the episode named [[Madam Secretary (season 1)#Episodes|"Face of Nation"]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4396898/characters/nm1336705|title=Face of Nation|website =IMDb|language=en-US}}</ref>