Term: Television, Description: Telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, Question: Did Television broadcast a live suicide?, Answer:Yes
Fact1: Robert Budd Dwyer was the 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  Fact2: Dwyer was charged with agreeing to receive a kickback of $300,000 in return for awarding CTA a contract. Fact3: Dwyer produced a manila envelope with a blued Smith & Wesson Model 27 .357 Magnum revolver in it an used it to commit suicide at a press conference on January the 22. Fact4: Many television stations throughout Pennsylvania broadcast taped footage of Dwyer's suicide to a midday audience.  