Viacom could always pull someone from their other channels:
Posted on 01/16/2005 8:24:56 AM PST by Phsstpok
NBC NEWS TODAY SHOW CO-HOST KATIE COURIC HAS BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT CBS NEWS ANCHOR JOB, NETWORK SOURCE TELLS TIME Sun Jan 16 2005 11:00:51 ET
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CBS Rumored to be Interested in ABC News Nightline Anchor Ted Koppel
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CBS Rising Star Mika Brzezinski, Daughter of President Carter’s National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, is Dark Horse Candidate
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper Could Be in Running
New York – Four CBS News staff members lost their jobs last week in the wake of an independent-panel report that found serious flaws in the journalism that led to a 60 Minutes Wednesday story about President Bush’s National Guard service. One person who keeps his job is Dan Rather—at least until his previously announced retirement as Evening News anchor takes place in March (he’ll continue to report for 60 Minutes). The denouement of CBS’s journalistic failure has cast a new light on the search for Rather’s successor, making it more likely, in the view of some, that the network will seek an outsider for the job, TIME’s Sean Gregory reports.
The latest handicapping:
Katie Couric A network source tells TIME the Today Show co-anchor has been approached about the job. If she could be persuaded to jump, CBS would have to wait 16 months—when her NBC contract is up. But the network could name an old hand like Face the Nation’s Bob Schieffer or Early Show host Harry Smith as a caretaker until then.
Ted Koppel The Nightline king’s contract ends later this year, and CBS is rumored to be interested in him. But would the ABC vet want the job? At least he wouldn’t have to worry about competing with Letterman.
John Roberts CBS’s chief White House correspondent was the early favorite and is still in the mix. But CBS insiders say the longer the search drags on, the less likely he will get the job.
Scott Pelley The 60 Minutes Wednesday correspondent is an ace reporter, but he may have hurt himself with comments to the New York Observer that seemed to disparage Roberts.
Mika Brzezinski The CBS correspondent (and daughter of President Carter’s National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski) is a dark horse candidate, possibly as part of an anchor team.
Anderson Cooper The rising CNN star (who also works for 60 Minutes Wednesday) could be in the running, especially if the long-rumored CNN-CBS merger moves ahead.
Developing...
New Logo: CBS- WE REMAIN CLUELESS!
I find this amusing. Most Americans won't care who they pick because they're not going to watch it anyway.
ASV Psa 101:7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house:
He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.
http://www.ccel.org/c/ccel/bcb/bcb.html
Replace "wash" with flush.
I think ssseeetheBS is missing a sure bet. Natasha Henstridge, from She Spies. In fact, the whole cast. Henstridge on the anchor desk, Williams at large, and Miller as the Whitehouse reporter. Heck - I'd find them credible.
"The denouement of CBS’s journalistic failure has cast a new light on the search for Rather’s successor, making it more likely, in the view of some, that the network will seek an outsider for the job, TIME’s Sean Gregory reports."
So they're considering Couric? Yow. They need to be searching for A Clue.
Actually, I called this some time ago -- that they'd try to hire K.C. -- although I can see how Koppel may have some appeal, because Letterman's his buddy. ;')
It doesn't matter who they put out front - what really matters is that the decisions are coming down from the top - which is obviously rotten to the core.
To approve the FORGED information which are total lies about a sitting President to be presented as FACTUAL - that's the real problem.
I believe Ann referred to her as, "an affable Eva Braun".
NO NO NO NO NO - IF TONY SNOW WENT TO CBS - THAT WOULD BE THE END OF MY WORLD AS I KNOW IT.
Perhaps BUCKHEAD?
He would be the perfect choice in my opinion. Would really straighten out the place.
Laura Ingraham said that an inside source told her that Diane Sawyer is seriously being considered. Also, Roberts and Pelley are apparently out of the running since neither one of them filled in for Rather the night the results of the investigation were announced. Instead, Bob Schieffer was the substitute anchor that night.
Can anyone confirm that Anderson Cooper is a "Rump Ranger?"
That sounds much more correct!
She cries on air better than Rather when Republicans win elections.
Viacom could always pull someone from their other channels:
Couric is a twerp.
Her work as a "correspondent" or "newsreader" or morning show host is vastly overrated.
I hate to be so cynical and jaded, but the fact that she was widowed at such a young age was a career enhancement.
Her leftwing bias is even more transparent than Rather's, but that might be a good thing.
They might as well hire Chevy Chase to read the news. Both Chevy and perky would have the same eventual outcome. you would think with so much past experience with these type disasters that these people would already know the eventual outcome and look two or three steps ahead of the game and save the millions of dollars that will be lost.
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