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In reply to the discussion: Geraldo Rivera Saves Nastiest Barb For Rachel Maddow In Blasting NBC's McDaniel Firing [View all]NanaCat
(1,358 posts)While Rivera apparently had a rough time getting settled on a career when he was young, acting wasn't one of the things he tried to 'use' to get attention. He eventually went to law school, and rose to local prominence as a lawyer and community activist.
After he'd appeared in some interviews on the telly, WABC in New York offered him a job as a reporter. They even arranged for a grant to send him to J-school. That paid off when he won a Peabody only two years into the job for his investigative report on abuses at the Willowbrook state mental hospital. The Peabody brought him to the attention of the national news desk at ABC, and he moved up the ranks from there--a national nightly news show, and a regular slot on the show 20/20.
As always, he has enough flaws to criticize without making up ones he doesn't.