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Bernie’s Time Machine: This is Newsbreak

An 1981 CBS network cut-in.

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Bernard Goldberg
Nov 12, 2026
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“Good evening from CBS News. This is Newsbreak.”

The day: November 10, 1981.

The network: CBS.

The show: Newsbreak (a CBS News commercial-break update on the news of the day).

This brief segment is a fascinating snapshot of what was going on in the country in November of 1981: President Ronald Reagan’s spending cuts, Israeli surveillance flights, and Space Shuttle preparations.

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