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gladys_kravitz
09/02/09

In reply to Diane Sawyer Will Take Over ABC's World News Tonight Anchor Chair
I was always under the impression that they begged Diane to come in and save GMA. She never wanted it to be a permanent gig so they must keep throwing bags of money at her to stay. I'm sure she'll miss all the morning hijinx like this week's opportunity to sing back up for Whitney Houston with her BFF Robin.

I must be the only one who really likes Cynthia McFadden.

Thank you, John, for the mental image of Les Moonves banging his dick on a table.
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Bos'un's Mate
09/02/09

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I love how Charlie's statement makes no mention of Diane.
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Magister
09/02/09

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Good for her. It's a crowning achievement in a stellar career and maybe by having her in the big chair, the nutjobs will stop screaming about a liberal bias.
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hfree
09/02/09

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They always forget to include the Nixon years in Sawyer's bio. Oh well.
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Mike Byhoff
09/02/09

In reply to Diane Sawyer Will Take Over ABC's World News Tonight Anchor Chair
Well, since she's doing the evening news, she'll get a chance to sober up during the day.

[gawker.com]
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Bos'un's Mate
09/02/09

In reply to Diane Sawyer Will Take Over ABC's World News Tonight Anchor Chair
I cannot stand the woman. She makes my skin crawl with her saccharine laugh and ingratiating interview style. I'd LOVE to have have an experienced female at the helm, but she should be a heavy hitter like Margaret Warner or Gwen Ifill (or even Cathy Wurzer for you Minnesota folk!). I could spend all day making a list of better candidates.
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gladys_kravitz
09/02/09

@Bos'un's Mate: What is the appeal of Gwen Ifill? It's totally lost on me.
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Bos'un's Mate
09/02/09

@gladys_kravitz: In my opinion, Gwen does a very good job of engaging her interview subject(s) to find the crux of an issue and does not just recite pre-scripted questions. She's tough but not adversarial. Warm but not ingratiating. I usually feel at least somewhat enlightened after her segments.

Incidentally, if Disney had bought DC Comics instead of Marvel, I'm sure Clark Kent would be helming ABC World News.
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gladys_kravitz
09/02/09

@Bos'un's Mate: Thanks for the insight and I do see your point about her not seeming scripted or being a suck up with guests (are you listening, Charlie Rose?). I've become so used to network and cable news people injecting their own personalities into the interviews that PBS often feels dry to me in comparison.
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DennyCrane
09/02/09

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To play Robot Devil's advocate: why is it so hard to believe that, at this stage of the game, having made millions of dollars already, Sawyer (and for that matter, Couric) would rather choose a job which they feel still has a certain aura of prestige versus, say, letting us know about the latest happenings of Jon & Kate?

From a news division perspective, yes, it's a terrible idea, but don't begrudge the ladies for wanting to sit in the Big Chair.
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Airvault
09/02/09

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"Or, as one TV insider put it to us: 'It's the dumbest fucking idea in the long, hoary history of dumb fucking ideas in the news business.'"

Good to see Barbara Walters is taking the news well.
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City_Dater
09/02/09

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"Now that hardly anyone watches network news, we'll let ladies get their disturbing ladyness all over it. After all, the ratings probably can't get any lower!"
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PaisleyPajamas
09/02/09

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Oh, Charlie, how I love you, but -2 for spelling. ("lede" for "lead").
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naugahydeinplainsight
09/02/09

@PaisleyPajamas: Well, that's an acceptable spelling where I and Mr. Webster come from. [www.merriam-webster.com]
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gonzosmom
09/02/09

@PaisleyPajamas:
It can actually be spelled both ways - the "lede" is AP style. Drove me nuts till I was told about it.
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PaisleyPajamas
09/02/09

@naugahydeinplainsight: Ah-hah. Saw the footnote on etymology. I guess I just expected him to be "old school."
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lobstr
09/02/09

In reply to Diane Sawyer Will Take Over ABC's World News Tonight Anchor Chair
Not to detract from the landmark of having two wimmens in the network anchor chairs, it's some bullshit for Bob Woodruff, who almost had the pinnacle job in TV. It was my impression (from seeing him doing in-studio interviews after his injuries) that he appears to have recovered (from what we can see on TV anyway), so you'd think that the original offer for him to anchor should still stand, as Charlie was merely brought on as his last-minute replacement... no? How is it Charlie's call to name who gets to anchor?
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jackvinyl
09/02/09

@lobstr: He didn't name Dianne, David Westin did (I had to reread it too)...
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Aaron Altman
09/02/09

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And with that, we'll now have women anchoring two of the three major network TV newscasts in the U.S. It took way too long.
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wrongneighborhood
09/02/09

@Aaron Altman: I completely agree.
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RonMwangaguhunga
09/02/09

@Aaron Altman: I agree, a good moment in the history of television. Still, considering the present state of broadcast network news and the opaque future, it is a tad bittersweet.
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phoenix6666
09/02/09

@Aaron Altman: Yay for Diane Sawyer but isn't this kind of irrelevant now since less and less people are watching those nightly news programs in favor of the cable outlets? It's like those achievements from the WNBA. Great but no one really cares.
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Tremonius
09/02/09

@Aaron Altman: Amen. I cannot understand why a piddly job of reading a teleprompter while looking Walterish was such a high-octane position. Fifty years ago white guys in suits held up product for the camera and addressed the audience. This was an ad hoc adjustment from radio, just as movies were adapted out of theatre, complete with over-acting. We always fight the last wars. Why the newscaster premise should continue is beyond me. It's like any self-referential dance; we always do it because we've always done it.

Rachel Maddow. Write that down.
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naugahydeinplainsight
09/02/09

@phoenix6666: The three network news shows drew a total of 22 million viewers a night last week. Prime time talk shows on Fox and MSNBC bring 1 million or 2.3 million each. So while network viewership is way off historic levels, I wouldn't call it irrelevant.
From TVNewser:
Total Viewers:
NBC: 7,860,000
ABC: 7,080,000
CBS: 5,390,000
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Unsolicited Advice
09/02/09

@Tremonius: Rachel Maddow will never, ever, ever be an evening news broadcaster. Ever. So I'll write it down if you like, but just as quickly cross her name out. She's smug, unlikable, and obviously political. I'm all for alternative races, sexes, and sexualities getting representation in publicly-visible jobs but Maddow flat-out doesn't have the chops.
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jackvinyl
09/02/09

@Unsolicited Advice: it's funny 'unlikeable' seems subjective and yet there are a few who this term just sticks right to. Oh and thanks again for the Advice... again.
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naugahydeinplainsight
09/02/09

@Tremonius: Maddow had a great, extended interview last night with Tom Ridge, who is backpedaling furiously from the clear import of what he says in his book. Both kept their cool and stood their ground. Best part for me was at the end when she told him, calmly and to his face, that he and other Bushies will never regain public trust unless they give up the fiction that going into Iraq was justified. One for the highlight reel.

I don't see her as anyone's news anchor, but as an effective voice on the left, she's definitely growing on me. @#c15148133:
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Tattertotter
09/02/09

@Unsolicited Advice: I suppose you would prefer Elizabeth Hasselback?
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Tremonius
09/02/09

@Unsolicited Advice: When the Repugnant speedbumps run screaming to the fringes to inspire their little mob of morons, then a decent respect for the opinion of the rational requires that reason be broadcast. And so you see, in the current issue of that centrist signpost Newsweek an article by Sharon Begley entitled "The 5 Biggest Lies in the Health Care Debate."

[www.newsweek.com]

When one side is unstable, then from that point of view, accurate reporting can seem radical. And Rachel reports are based upon fact, which should be sufficient for any news reporter.
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wrongneighborhood
09/02/09

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I still miss Peter Jennings, a lot.
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Lymed
09/02/09

@wrongneighborhood: He was this adult that I could always trust and believe growing up. One of the highlights of my life was hearing Jennings report on a campaign I was involved in. It felt like I was getting this shout out of approval from my favorite uncle.
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