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A fact from Ed Bradley appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Ed Bradley could get interviewees to divulge information with just his body language and facial expressions?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2023/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ed Bradley.

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Ed Bradley (final version) received a peer review by Wikipedia editors, which on 20 February 2024 was archived. It may contain ideas you can use to improve this article.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:43, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Ed Bradley

... that Ed Bradley (pictured) could get sources to divulge information with just his body language and facial expressions? Source: Through it all, Bradley maintained his signature style: confident and streetwise. His facial expressions of puzzlement and disbelief could compel interview subjects to make remarkable on-camera confessions.
“Bradley on-camera was the same Bradley off-camera, but he did have a playbook of body language that accompanied every interview,” (Morley) Safer recalled. “The dubious sage, get-to-the-point, and puzzled disbelief.” Remembering 60 Minutes' Ed Bradley
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Improved to Good Article status by M4V3R1CK32 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:05, 2 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ed Bradley; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

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Good to go. I added an image to the hook. Sahaib (talk)