04-14-2008, 07:16 PM
It's a sad scene. She should never have been put in that position: she's not a reporter. She is, as they say in the UK, merely a presenter. For all his faults, at least Dan Rather was an actual reporter and a good one until his ego got the better of his judgement. CBS had a good thing going when Bob Schieffer was anchoring: ratings were up and he was very good. But still they dumped him for Little Miss Sunshine.
Roger Mudd was interviewed the other day on the News Hour on PBS. I had forgotten that he left CBS to work for NBC soon after Rather was given the anchor position on the CBS Evening News, replacing Walter Cronkite. In retrospect, CBS would have been better off choosing Mudd.
Roger Mudd was interviewed the other day on the News Hour on PBS. I had forgotten that he left CBS to work for NBC soon after Rather was given the anchor position on the CBS Evening News, replacing Walter Cronkite. In retrospect, CBS would have been better off choosing Mudd.