Posted on 09/01/2006 12:32:39 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
With tears welling up in his eyes, Bob Schieffer finally concluded his 18-month tenure as anchor of the CBS Evening News with an emotional in-studio tribute.
Incoming anchor Katie Couric joined Schieffer at the end of Thursday night's broadcast in studio for a retrospective of his career, featuring a one-one-one pre-taped interview with the former Today Show host herself (perhaps to give viewers a sneak peek of the Katie to come?).
Schieffer's professionalism resuscitated the reputation of the CBS Evening News at a time when the legendary news organization was mired in scandal in the wake of a widely disputed report about President's Bush's service in the Texas National Guard. The tears came at the end of the pre-taped segment, when Schieffer acknowledged that he did not believe in anyone being self made, saying the he is the product of many people- his mother, his wife and his daughters most importantly.
A survivor of bladder cancer, Schieffer is not retiring and will return to CBS News in his previous capacity as the White House Reporter. Katie Couric makes her debut as anchor of the CBS News on September 5.
Schieffer seemed like a decent guy.
That's not quite true.
I remember many nights in which he pilloried the Bush Administration. You might want to take a look at some independent media sources on him.
"Schieffer is not retiring and will return to CBS News in his previous capacity as the White House Reporter."
So what's the big deal?
Walter Cronkite is supposed to introduce Katie Couric when she starts the job. Geez, he's at least 90 years old. Cronkite was at the anchor desk for 19 years. Dan Rather was at the anchor desk for 24 years. If we're having a "torch passing" ceremony, why wouldn't Dan Rather be there?
Cronkite is so old lotsa Generation X-ers and young people don't remember him. He retired as anchor in March 1981. So the torch passing idea will go over the heads of young people.
Yeah,it's a lot like Air America isn't it ???
It was a duplicitous dinosaur of the genus, makeitupibus tofitouragendii that suffered a grievous head wound when the asteroid known as Fecal-Kinko hit the main ventilation device at a locale formerly known as Black-Rock-on-Tiffany.
They've thinned her down, probably to match her lack of brainpower and gravitas. Promoted her and pretended she's going to be a force in the news!
"he wasn't half bad. he told the news without inflection or carefully crafted anti-administration phrases, imagine that."
I agree. He was low-keyed, did not seem to try to sensationalize everything into some failure by the Bush administration. Seemed sincere, I like the bits about the troops.
Ja, comrade!
>>>Tears after an 18 month tenure? I swear, the men in the media must take female hormones.>>>
Journalists MUST give the impression that they actually care about anything. They try so hard to not be a shell, that it comes off as phony.
He's really crying because that sweet multi-million dollar deal went to Katie and he's back on the street reporting at the White House.
...at a time when the legendary news organization was mired in scandal in the wake of a widely disputed thoroughly discredited, fabricated report about President's Bush's service in the Texas National Guard.
Viacom's SeeBS Evening News is to news
as Viacom's MTV Music Television is to music.
Neither one includes much of the basic ingredient advertised in the name of the product.
NEVER FORGET that the DNC was a conduit in the forged National Guard memos story.
I hear that he'll be there. His invitation is being faxed from the Kinko's in Abilene, Texas as we speak.
Cronkite was big at CBS at its peak and at his most duplicitest.
Cronkite lied about the Viet Nam war and set the stage for Dan Rather and CBS to fit the news into their leftist worldview.
Glad to see them all gone.
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