Trump Attack Sends TV News Anchors Scrambling to Cover RNC, Preparing for ‘Animosity Toward the Press’
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variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Scott MacFarlane, the CBS News correspondent, wasn’t quite sure what was going on Saturday night.
He was covering former President Donald Trump’s rally in western Pennsylvania when he heard noises that reminded him of firecrackers.
They were gunshots. Suddenly, MacFarlane realized he was in potential danger — and a nearby rival was trying to keep him safe. “Rachel Scott pulled me down,” says MacFarlane, referring to the ABC News veteran.
She “grabbed me by the arm, told me to get beneath the bleachers.” On Sunday morning, MacFarlane tells Variety, “I gave her a big hug.” As TV news outlets try to pivot from one of the rarest of events — an assassination attempt on a former U.S.
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