I was also a big fan. As I recall he had some of the Cronkite Passion for the space program. However I do seem to recall some sort of semi scandal or controversy near the end of his CNN tenure- was it him not showing up for an assignment because, he said, he could not find a suit?
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Wed, 1 Jan 2025 at 11:57 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/173194af-388c-4d2a-8033-e6f9a5776f48n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAKGtkYLOs9%3DwpSHzV6dvypU5EDKoJaqQWPDLXOTsgqS%3DrQ2Vzg%40mail.gmail.com.
