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CBS is the only broadcast news division with a San Francisco bureau so it was fitting that John Blackstone should make a second appearance on the day's newscast to cover a story of Bay Area journalism. Yusuf Bey, the leader of a Black Muslim splinter group, is being arraigned for the assassination of the editor of the Oakland Post two years ago. When the police murder case went cold, some two dozen news organizations agreed to collaborate, pooling their investigative resources in the Chauncey Bailey Project. Bailey had suspected that Bey was using a local bakery as a criminal front: "Their reporting revealed links between the lead detective on the case and the Black Muslim group's leader. Last month the detective was suspended."
CBS' Blackstone joked that scoop-minded reporters are reluctant to share tips from secret sources. He gave credit to local television outfits: KTVU, KQED, KCBS, KGO-TV. And local newspapers: San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Oakland Post, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Bay Guardian. And non-for-profit foundations: Society of Professional Journalists, Center for Investigative Reporting, Bay Area Black Journalists Association, New American Media. And a local university: San Francisco State.
Bey, needless to say, has been indicted not convicted and is presumed innocent. Blackstone did not offer Bey's side of the story.
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