On Thu, 19 May 2005 13:45:34 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
wrote:
>NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CBS said Wednesday it will experiment
>with its evening newscast in the coming months as the network decides
>what direction to go in the post-Dan Rather era.
>
>CBS News president Andrew Heyward said the moves would be built around
>what already has been done with temporary anchor Bob Schieffer, who took
>over at "CBS Evening News" on March 10. Schieffer has brought new life to
>the single-anchor format, spending time talking to the correspondents
>on-air and asking them questions instead of the standard stand-up reports
>common to the format.
>
This can backfire, horribly. When the anchors know nothing
about the subject being discussed, off the cuff questions can
show them to be ill-informed. It's not a pretty sight.
-Rich
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