Robert E. "Bob" Franken (born 1941) is an American journalist and frequent guest on MSNBC.
In early 2007[1] Franken's contract was not renewed by CNN and he moved to rival MSNBC.
Franken reported on the great blizzards of 1977 and 1978 there, the financial default of the city, and the desegregation of the Cleveland Public Schools ruling by the late U.S. District Court Judge Frank J. Battisti.
For his coverage of the Cleveland mayoral recall election of 1978, Franken won an Emmy Award.
[3][4] He covered combat in both Iraq wars, the White House during George W. Bush's presidency, the Clinton scandals, and the Supreme Court and Congress for ten years.