Is “power” measured by dollars earned?
RE: Is “power” measured by dollars earned?
That seems to be what the list implies as they list them according to how much they earn.
But if it is dollars earned, why aren’t Katie Couric ($15 Million/year), Tom Brokaw ($10M/yr), Matt Lauer ($16M/yr), George Stephanopoulos ($8M/yr), Brian Williams ($12.5M/yr), Diane Sawyer ($12M/yr), Christianne Amanpour ($2M/yr), Lawrence O’Donnell ($2M/yr) and Wolf Blitzer ($2M/year ) in the list? They make more than most of the people on that top 50 list.
See here : http://www.tvguide.com/News/Top-TV-Earners-1021717.aspx
It seems like the Newsweek list is crammed with mostly conservative talk show hosts while ignoring the people in the NBC, ABC, CBS list.
What gives?