After 15 years in Seattle, Mr. Brown was one of the founders of the quirky overnight ABC newscast "World News Now" (sometimes mentioned by the late Tom Heald in this forum) and left for CNN, where, weeks before he was supposed to go on the air, he was put on the air the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, reporting on the attacks at the World Trade Center from the roof of CNN's then-NY base on Columbus Circle with great aplomb--he was rewarded by being given the prime time "NewsNight," where he drew an audience with his just-the-facts approach with a side of drollness--he left CNN when Greta Van Susteren on Fox News started beating him in the ratings and turned to teaching at the University of Arizona--on Sunday at his home in Washington:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/business/media/aaron-brown-dead-911.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l04.qQPH.EjrhJACxpmEg&smid=url-share It can be said that Mr. Brown was the last of the straightforward news anchors on cable news before Fox News screwed everything up (and it was 9/11 that put them on the map). He got out while the getting was good. -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/173194af-388c-4d2a-8033-e6f9a5776f48n%40googlegroups.com.
