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In 1961, Smith left CBS News because of a dispute about a documentary that he produced on [[police]] violence against [[civil rights]] demonstrators in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]. He then joined ABC, where his contract stipulated that neither the network nor sponsors could interfere with the content of his program.<ref name=guardian>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2002/feb/20/guardianobituaries.haroldjackson|author=Harold Jackson|title=Obituaries, "Howard K Smith: Legendary US broadcaster famed for his independence|publisher=guardian.co.uk| location=[[London]], [[England]]|date=February 20, 2002|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>

In 1961, Smith left CBS News because of a dispute about a documentary that he produced on [[police]] violence against [[civil rights]] demonstrators in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]]. He then joined ABC, where his contract stipulated that neither the network nor sponsors could interfere with the content of his program.<ref name=guardian>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2002/feb/20/guardianobituaries.haroldjackson|author=Harold Jackson|title=Obituaries, "Howard K Smith: Legendary US broadcaster famed for his independence|publisher=guardian.co.uk| location=[[London]], [[England]]|date=February 20, 2002|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>

While at CBS, Smith hosted the documentary program ''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' for twenty-one weeks from January 11 to September 20, 1959. Selected episodes focused on [[communism]] in [[Cuba]], the status of [[Berlin]], [[Germany, the [[Cold War]], [[Charles de Gaulle]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]] (two parts), [[unemployment]] in depressed areas, and the St. Lawrence Seaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052446/|title=''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' (1959)|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>

While at CBS, Smith hosted the documentary program ''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' for twenty-one weeks from January 11 to September 20, 1959. Selected episodes focused on [[communism]] in [[Cuba]], the status of [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], the [[Cold War]], [[Charles de Gaulle]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]] (two parts), [[unemployment]] in depressed areas, and the St. Lawrence Seaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052446/|title=''Behind the News with Howard K. Smith'' (1959)|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=October 30, 2020}}</ref>

Smith's ''News and Comment'' began early in 1962. On November 11, five days after mid-term elections were held on November 6, Smith broadcast a program entitled "The Political Obituary of [[Richard M. Nixon]]", which proved highly controversial as well as premature. He included an interview with Nixon nemesis [[Alger Hiss]], the Cold War convicted [[perjury|perjurer]] from [[Massachusetts]], as well as remarks from Nixon loyalist Murray Chotiner. Some said that Smith's program in the long-run benefited Nixon's six-year political comeback because there was a backlash of sympathy caused by Hiss's appearance.<ref name=mbc>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/smithhoward/smithhoward.htm|title=Smith, Howard K.|publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications|location=[[Washington D.C.]], accessdate=December 29, 2008}}</ref>

Smith's ''News and Comment'' began early in 1962. On November 11, five days after mid-term elections were held on November 6, Smith broadcast a program entitled "The Political Obituary of [[Richard M. Nixon]]", which proved highly controversial as well as premature. He included an interview with Nixon nemesis [[Alger Hiss]], the Cold War convicted [[perjury|perjurer]] from [[Massachusetts]], as well as remarks from Nixon loyalist Murray Chotiner. Some said that Smith's program in the long-run benefited Nixon's six-year political comeback because there was a backlash of sympathy caused by Hiss's appearance.<ref name=mbc>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/smithhoward/smithhoward.htm|title=Smith, Howard K.|publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications|location=[[Washington D.C.]], accessdate=December 29, 2008}}</ref>