Marcia Kramer (born December 30, 1948) is the chief political correspondent for
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Riverhead, New York–licensed independent station W ...
(CBS 2) in
New York City
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. Kramer has collected many awards for her electronic journalism at the station, and at the
New York Daily News newspaper. The awards include: two
George Foster Peabody awards
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, two
Edward R. Murrow Awards, eight
Emmy awards, two New York Press Club Golden Typewriter awards, and a first-place award from the
Associated Press
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for her investigative reporting.
CBS-TV web bio At the
Daily News, she was a staff reporter before she was appointed as the paper's first woman bureau chief in City Hall and Albany.
Kramer joined WCBS-TV in 1990 during a labor disruption at the tabloid. Her broadcast career included many years serving as the host of the station's Sunday morning political show titled "Sunday Edition with Marcia Kramer." The show featured interviews with local and national politicians, as well as round-table discussions with fellow reporters and editors. In 1996, she married Marc Kalech, who was Managing Editor of the
New York Post
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It was established ...
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During the 1992 New York presidential primary, Kramer asked then-candidate
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
the question about his past marijuana use, which prompted his response that he had smoked the drug while in college, “but did not inhale.”
In October 2000, during a New York State Senate debate, Kramer asked candidates
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
and
Rick Lazio
Enrico Anthony Lazio (; born March 13, 1958) is an American attorney and former four-term U.S. Representative from the State of New York. A Long Island native, Lazio became well-known during his bid for U.S. Senate in New York's 2000 Senate e ...
what they thought of "Federal Bill 602-P." Kramer described the bill as a proposal to implement a tax on internet email messages. As part of a promotion by the station, the question had been sent in by a listener but the screeners reviewing the questions, Kramer and the candidates were all unaware that the "tax" was actually an internet hoax. The station quickly issued a statement correcting the error.
See also
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New Yorkers in journalism
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References
External links
Bioat
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV (channel 2) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Riverhead, New York–licensed independent station W ...
website
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American television journalists
American women television journalists
New York (state) television reporters
Television anchors from New York City
1948 births
Living people
21st-century American women