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Talk show host and investigative reporter Geraldo Rivera has been a steady presence on television since the early 1970s, sometimes breaking and sometimes making the news. He started out in 1970 at WABC-TV in New York, and within a few years had a national reputation for his investigative reporting and his hip, "youth-oriented" looks. (His bristly mustache became a Geraldo signature.) During the 1980s Rivera did reports for ABC News, including highly-rated shows for 20/20 on Elvis Presley's drug abuse and Al Capone's vault. In 1987 he started Geraldo, a syndicated talk show that ran for eleven years and became known for hot-button topics and hot-headed guests. Geraldo made the news himself in 1988 when his nose was broken in a brawl that erupted during the taping of a show about white supremacists. In 1994 Rivera started Rivera Live on CNBC, a show on legal issues that got a jumpstart from the lengthy trial of O. J. Simpson.
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Geraldo Rivera is often observed defending his professional reputation and journalistic sensibilities. In 1986 he hosted the nationally-broadcast special, The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault. With dramatic flair, he fired a submachine gun through the wall of the second floor gymnasium at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago, with the potential discovery of dead bodies, jewels, or historical artifacts. Inside the vault was a pile of dirt and one (1) beer bottle, the television equivalent of a pie in the face.
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When Geraldo Rivera cracked open Al Ca-pone's secret vault on live TV on April 27, 1986, America didn't know what to expect. Big Al's best silk boxers? His favorite baseball bat? An Eliot Ness dartboard? Anticipation was high, and Rivera, already renowned for theatrics as an ABC news reporter, played to the audience with trademark skill. Standing in the basement of Chicago's abandoned Lexington Hotel, once the notorious prohibition-era gangster's headquarters and site of the vault, Rivera breathlessly proclaimed, ''This mystery is going to be resolved!'' Then he blasted away with a Thompson submachine gun and blew down a chunk of wall using a gangster-style dynamite plunger.
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Geraldo Rivera appeared on the O'Reilly Factor on June 28th, 2007 to discuss the murder of Chris Benoit's family. Geraldo Rivera reported many errors when covering the story including the accusation of linking the Sherri Martel death with the death of Benoit's wife, Nancy. Geraldo stated that Nancy Benoit died on June 15th, when in reality, she died a week later on June 22nd. Geraldo ... stated a groundless claim that the Benoit case may be found to be a triple or even quadruple murder when no evidence suggests this. WNCE TV-8 (Glens Falls, NY) Sports Director Red Cordell took Rivera to task on the errors on his Friday edition of TRZ.[16]
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Geraldo Rivera is ... not a bright fellow (even if he laughs all the way to the bank). Is he capable of recognizing the top-shelf emotion attached to any story (which is mandatorally sensational on a log-line basis anyway): yes. Is that what he likes doing because it's dramatic and makes him more famous: what do you think? Is he the only one that thinks this is adequate cover for not having hardcore journalism skills: No. Fox News Channel does. Bill O'Reilly's 'no-spin zone' suddenly stopped spinning despite sharing a professional lunch box with Geraldo every day. Seems like a valid story especially since Geraldo's new Fox deal was derided by serious media critics.
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Geraldo Rivera was ... so offended by Jon Stewart's video segments of old ladies slipping on ice that he had to find solace in Pappa Bear O'Reilly. It is not known whether or not Mr. Rivera has accepted Stewart's cowardly excuse for an apology. He also may or may not file a lawsuit against Stewart for forgery, this relating to when Stewart tried to pose as Geraldo in his iconic moustache.
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