As far as current news anchors, it seems like there's Brian Williams and then there's everyone else. Am I missing something?
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Joe Hass <hassgoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't watch network TV news, but is Mr Stephanopolous a better breaking > news anchor than Ms Sawyer? > On Jun 25, 2014 10:27 AM, "Tom Wolper" <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:22 AM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am trying to remember if there has ever before been a time when the >>> anchor of a network evening news broadcast was not the Chief anchor of news >>> division (which is what Stephanopoulous's title will now be)? It seems to >>> me than even when guys like Cronkite, Brinkley and Brokaw stepped down, >>> their replacements as evening news anchors were clearly the senior anchors >>> for the news division, and would lead coverage of any major story. This >>> kind of feels like to me ABC is saying "George is our best news guy, but we >>> make too much money in the morning to risk putting him on an evening show >>> that nobody watches anyway". >>> >> >> I think you are generally right, but my interpretation is >> that Stephanopoulous lobbied to become evening anchor and was turned down >> in order to keep him at the morning show. Being named breaking news anchor, >> probably with a considerable pay raise, kept him from making a stink or >> talk about leaving ABC at the end of his contract. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
