B.Woodruff to Replace JENNINGS? Plus, CARSON Wars over Prez GORE

[UTUSN]

On Edit: That would be "Woodruff" not "Woodward". I was focusing so much on clarifying it was NOT JUDY Woodruff that the old flying fingers-----------oh, nevermind.

On the heels of the tidbit that CARSON tutored the President in communications, his Wingnut head writer takes it upon himself to zap him (and us). The purpose of posting it is to turn the lights on all the cockroaches out there.



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http://www.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm

July 27, 2005 -- WHAT'S going around is that the money's on Bob Woodruff in the ABC News big anchor chair some day.

He's experienced. Done the regulation London bureau routine, as did the network's supernova Peter Jennings. Done the usual reporting stuff like presidential campaigns, Iraq frontlines. Had the garden-variety basic training in Afghanistan, Pakistan, all the stans. Put in his time in exotic places like China and Serbia, so he's not just a pretty face with hair, teeth, nice ties and the ability not to stammer when reading off a teleprompter. He's young and handsome. Not as gorgeous as Peter but, then, who is?

Operating word here is young. They're obsessed with young. The 18- to 24-year-olds who, the polls tell you, don't watch the Word of God news programs.

Added sidebar that has zero to do with this item but is oddly interesting is that Woodruff's best friend was NBC's late commentator David Bloom.

Wait, I have more. Maybe plunking into Ted Koppel's seat may be one of three maybes. Maybe Chris Cuomo, maybe Jake Tapper, maybe John Donvan, the designated Ted Koppel sub. Young. Young. They're young.

Anyway, remember, you heard it here.


http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=127761


http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm

GORE GORED

RAY Siller, head writer for Johnny Carson's "Tonight" show for 14 years, is a partisan who wrote one-liners for Vice President George H.W. Bush. When he heard about Al Gore launching a cable channel, Current, on Aug. 1, the one-liners started flowing. Siller told pals at Zocalo: "Gore figures if the ratings suck, he can always demand a recount . . . He's targeting that elusive 57-year-old anal-retentive, sour grapes, fat loser demographic."

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[ClintonTyree]

1. But it's the Democrats........

who are engaging in partisan bickering and dividing the nation, right? At least, that's what I'm told on the 24 hour "News Channels".