Free Republic

An author friend (former network newsie) is taking an in-depth look at the recently defunct News Troika. It will be a great "insiders" book. In less than a year, three of the most powerful men in America have left the public scene. Tom Brokaw has retired to the ranch, Peter Jennings is dead and Dan Rather is wiling away his days wrapped in self-pity, suspended in journalistic limbo. Rather is still employed by CBS, but he is regarded in the newsroom as a “Dead Man Walking.” Much is known about ther foundations of two of these men. Brokaw was pretty...