Playboy Interview: Geraldo Rivera

November, 1978

Playboy Interview: Geraldo RiveraIn 1972, while still in his late 20s, at an age when most journalists are still chasing police sirens, Geraldo Rivera had established himself as the hottest, hippest, most seriously committed newsman on the New York scene. His powerful ten-part series for WABC-Tv's "Eyewitness News" on the abhorrent conditions at the Willowbrook State School for the mentally retarded on Staten Island generated an unparalleled response from local viewers, politicians and...