Schieffer's Teary Goodbye

RMZ.com ^ | Sept. 1, 2006

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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.

[Gay State Conservative]

Yup,the Ruskies were pretty good at altering photos.One minute,you're a hero of the proletariat and the next minute,you never existed.

Thanks to Photoshop and a sympathetic press,the 9th Century knuckledraggers are elevating fauxtography to an entirely new level.

[KarlInOhio]

Schieffer was crying because Katie had him by the short hairs to make sure that he didn't change his mind about leaving.

[San Jacinto]

He could have left unnoticed

He mostly did.

[Tallguy]

Your point is well taken, but how many young people, say under 25, watch the CBS Evening News? Not many. Just look at the advertisers list.

[COUNTrecount]

....men in the media must take female hormones

All hat and no Viagra.

[samantha]

Schieffer was crying because just like in this story nobody knows what the hell he does on Sunday Morning. I guess there are so few viewers that even the Author of this article declined to mention his "slay the Nation "gig. Going back to being a White House reporter trumps going back to a show nobody knows (or cares) exists.

[DaBroasta]

All hat and no Viagra.

I don't know--he looks like an erection with ears (and a hat on) to me.

[weegee]

The "Under 25" demographic watches Viacommie's Comedy Central "news" broadcasts The Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

They'll get to the minds full of mush one way or another.

[weegee]

OCTOBER 2004.

[beethovenfan]

Buh-bye. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Yep. I felt the same way - although CBS's reporters were still as flaming liberal as ever, Scheiffer seemed to at least try to keep it under his hat.

[Rennes Templar]

I remeber seeing him on some Face the Nation shows and he was just as slanted as Russert on MTP.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Sorry - but what's the significance of that photo? I recognize Stalin but... ?

[Zakeet]

Don't worry. Scheiffer will undoubtedly perk up again on Monday, assuming he is one of the few who still bother to tune in SeeBS Smooze broad-casts.

[johnny7]

Better put Voinovich on suicide-watch for 2010.

[weegee]

The Communists were notorious for obliterating people from the historical record when they fell out of fashion.

[steve-b]

Honestly fake news beats pretend-real fake news.

[weegee]

I could still see Jon Stewart making a move to the anchor desk on a broadcast network (even if the nightly news became more of a hybrid of the Tonight Show, the Today Show, and the Daily Show; maybe it'd just be called The Show).

[MNnice]

saying the he is the product of many people- his mother, his wife and his daughters most importantly

Ever notice how liberal men have been overly influenced by women?  It's the lack-of-male-role-model syndrome.

[bitt]

Ptttt-tooey on them all. Haven't seen CBS in months and might actually delete the channel from the clicker.