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Geraldo Rivera: Reports
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The name of journalist and talk show host Geraldo Rivera has become synonymous with more sensational forms of talk television. His distinctive style, at once probing, aggressive, and intimate, has even led, at times to parody by a variety of print and broadcast mediums. He has seemed to contribute to this high-profile identification by playing himself (or close approximations) in an episode of thirtysomething, a 1992 Perry Mason TV movie, and the theatrical film The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). Yet, ironically, his fear of going too far with his public image led him to turn down an offer to play the role of an over-the-top tabloid reporter in Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers (1994). A master of self promotion, Rivera's drive has taken his career in directions he may not have predicted. Despite having won ten Emmys and numerous journalism awards (including the Peabody), Rivera is still primarily known for the more public nature of both his personal life and his talk show.
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Geraldo Rivera said he was delighted to be delivering the speech. He commented today: "I'll talk about how I perceive my role as a communicator and reporter and I'll lay out my feeling that the media can be used as an instrument of positive social change."
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Rivera was at Tora Bora, while the Americans died near distant Kandahar; Rivera says he "confused" the incidents. (Folkenflik quoted a Pentagon official as saying a friendly-fire incident at Tora Bora took place three days after Rivera's report; Rivera says that was entirely separate.)
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One of Rivera's first attempts to take charge of his career in the mid-80s proved a major misfire. The eager beaver reporter ringmastered the unveiling of a famous mobster's inner sanctum, but "The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults" (1986), though not a ratings bust with a 31.8 share, was certainly an embarrassment when the expected stash of money, firearms or aged bootleg liquor failed to materialize. Still, the pioneering Rivera went on to do eight more syndicated two-hour primetime documentaries. He made a triumphal entry into the ranks of daytime talk shows with his syndicated "Geraldo!", tweaking the genre with programs devoted to "Exploring Satan's Black Market", "Sexual Secrets...To Tell or Not to Tell" and "Wanted: Elvis! Dead or Alive". Rivera had seemingly found the appropriate media format for his heady combination of journalistic skullduggery and glitzy stylistics, but the fiasco of him brawling with neo-Nazis on a 1988 show is a negative that haunts him to this day.
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In 1994, he began hosting nightly discussion of the news on CNBC called Rivera Live while continuing to host Geraldo. The show was portrayed in the final episode of Seinfeld, with Rivera as himself reporting on the lengthy trial of the show's four main characters.
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[T]hose reporter instincts tell Geraldo that it would be bad for Katie to go to CBS. Not only because that "anchor lady" role is tough, but because she would only get 22 minutes of face time. Totally not worth the "gazillion" Les Moonves is offering. People like him and Katie should have at least 90 minutes on camera.
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