Robert MacNeil, whose coverage of the Watergate scandal led to the first nightly newscast for PBS, died Friday in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 93. A PBS representative confirmed MacNeil's death. MacNeil was the founding anchor of "PBS NewsHour," which was first launched in 1975 as "The Robert MacNeil Report" and later renamed "The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour." In the years before cable news and the internet, the program was the lone national TV alternative to the newscasts on ABC, CBS and... Read this story
