Alrighty then...thinking of just women, who should have gotten the CBS gig

[xultar]

Though I don't like Couric I want to make sure we aren't just bitching because deep down we don't think a woman can do the job.

So what woman would you have picked for the CBS Anchor chair?

[Squatch]

1. Does it really freaking matter?

Jeeze. It's a TV show.

[xultar]

11. What do you mean...Walter Cronkite a legand in the news biz

sat @ that chair. Dan Rather sat @ that chair. It is important. The next person will frame the way news is presented to the masses for DECADES.

It matters baby.

[Squatch]

20. It matters to people who can only make decisions when

people like Cronkite, Rather, et al, tell them to make decisions.

I mean, this whole "OMG it's Katie Couric at CBS, now who's going to make my decisions for me" hand-wringing is pretty damned pathetic.

[Timmy5835]

45. Sorry, it dosen't matter

TV news is dying and will soon be dead. The internet will take over the news role. We no longer live in the 1980's.

[bahrbearian]

2. Amy Goodman.

[GreenPartyVoter]

64. Yeah. I like Amy

[Beaverhausen]

3. Helen Thomas

You know, a REAL reporter.

[valerief]

6. Bingo! A great choice.

[Ian David]

4. Jeanine Garofalo or Margaret Cho. n/t

[valerief]

5. Some 3D Anime chick would be better than Couric

[Ian David]

7. How about Hello Kitty? n/t

[valerief]

22. Yep, better'n Couric. n/t

[Beaverhausen]

8. Nina Totenberg or Linda Wertheimer from NPR

Those two are pretty good. Again, real reporters.

[DeepModem Mom]

9. Leslie Stahl. nt

[xultar]

13. She's good. She's a little long in the tooth though right?

[Armstead]

21. And Bob Schieffer an Dan Rather were spring chickens?

Sorry, but "long in the tooth" SHOULD BE a requirement for an anchor regardless of gender.

The other term is "experienced."

[xultar]

40. That is why Bob Schieffer didn't get the job and Dan wasn't as old as

Leslie when he first took the job.

Come on don't play me for a fool.

They want to grab and hold an audience for the long haul.

[spanone]

10. Cher...fuck cute, go for glitter.

[glitch]

12. Helen Thomas.

There are a lot of qualified women journalists. The real problem is CBS no longer does actual news, so Katie Couric is actually a perfect choice for them.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

14. Samantha Bee

The "correspondents" on The Daily Show are more qualified IMO.

Seriously, couldn't they get someone, anyone, who paid some dues as an actual NEWS reporter????

[Warpy]

15. Deborah Norville

who has languished on tabloid shows since her disastrous experience on "Today." The qualities that made her bomb on a morning show are the qualities that make her a natural as an evening news anchor.

[immoderate]

16. Brook Burke from "Live On..."

Don't worry, she cleans up pretty well.


--IMM

[xultar]

Maybe ancho for SpikeTV network news.

[mzteris]

17. Christiana Lamapour

heck - I think Connie Chung should have gotten back when they went with Dan, imo!

[xultar]

41. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

[Libby2]

44. I agree I would love to see Christiana!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

65. Yea, Christiana is another good one.

[bobbieinok]

83. I think Chung became a major negative b/c of her comment at the OKC

bombing......she asked on camera if really anyone in OK was competant to deal with the rescue........that comment, after several hours of seeing the OKC fire chief, really angered many in OK and the Midwest......it was seen as some sort of Eastern big city Ivy college prejudice against anyone not in the 'in group'.....like 'oh aren't they just so cute trying to act like they know what they're doing'

[NYCGirl]

18. Christiane Amanpour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane_Amanpour

[Beausoir]

24. Absolutely. Intelligence, courage and beauty. n/t

[otohara]

26. Second That

Lara Logan would be good too.

[Sensitivity]

31. Christiane Amanpour: Head and sholders above other women reporters

[theHandpuppet]

36. Another vote for Amanpour

One of the very best the field has to offer.

[KAT119]

96. Definitely Christiane Amanpour-credibility & gravitas galore!!

[laheina]

58. I've always been impressed by her. She's also

a serious journalist.

[Bozita]

90. Amanpour is sitting in for Charlie Rose tonight (Wed)

[Ganja Ninja]

19. Lara Logan.

:loveya:

[whododayis]

25. Alexis Arquette

I still laugh at Steve Buscemi musing "ooh, I like her".

[underpants]

30. DING ratings through the ROOF!

A really good reporter too.



Check out her here remarking on the White House criticism of all the bad news from Iraq. The part at the end about Laura Ingraham is really funny.

Oh well youtube.com has it. Just search her name.

[Ganja Ninja]

59. I've seen it already. n/t

[underpants]

85. Here is the Lara Logan video anyway

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6I420_fPM2E

[Lochloosa]

88. Link. Everyone should watch this one

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6I420_fPM2E&search=lara%20logan%20

[BlooInBloo]

82. Bout time someone else went for this....

I been hammerin on it for a week now...

She rocks.

[OregonBlue]

23. Margaret Warner - The News Hour

[Armstead]

29. Yes she's underappreciated -- but very good

I've always thought that Margaret Warner is underappreciated.

She's no glamorpuss, nor is she a "personality." But she is great as a host/interviewer. She does her homework, and asks questions that are probing -- but she's not one of the nitwits who badger guests to show how "tough" they are. (Think most CNN anchorettes.)

i also have absolutely no idea what her personal politics or opinions are. That's as it should be.

[OregonBlue]

35. Exactly. A true news anchor not a pundit.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

27. Anybody who thinks that a woman can't sit on a chair for

1/2 hour and read from a telepromter is a fucking idiot. A 5 year old of either sex could do that job just fine. How else could Tom Brokaw be explained.

Oh, I almost forgot. I guess I would have preferred Naomi Klein.

[Squatch]

28. A-freaking-men

[Beaverhausen]

38. So you think Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings & Dan Rather just read...

...the news? Or Edward R. Morrow?

Anchors are quite often also the managing editors of the news. They do a lot more than just read a teleprompter.

[BrklynLiberal]

39. That was then. This is now. Then it was news. Now it is infotainment.

Especially on the Mainstream media.

[Squatch]

42. Case in point: Robin and Company

She's very good looking, but dumb as a brick, and she holds the key news slot at CNN.

[Beaverhausen]

51. There are some people who don't have cable, and only have time...

...to watch the network half hour of news every night.

I have no idea who this Robin & Company is.

[GreenPartyVoter]

66. And my hubby thinks she's wicked cute.

:eyes:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

80. Once upon a time perhaps. Now all you get are corporate mouth pieces.

Rather and Jennings were managing editors and I didn't care for either of their shows. Nor do I care for this new incarnation of the same ol' bullshit.

[Sensitivity]

32. Christiane Amanpour obvious choice -- but for the NSA wiretap on her phon

[Reciprocity]

33. Randi Rhodes, Rachel Maddow

[Cleita]

76. Nah, I can't imagine either of them not showing any emotion

other than the "I'm your best friend here bringing you the news" face.

[MadHound]

34. Hey, I'm willing to wait and see how Katie does before judging

*Gasp*I know, a revolutionary thought, but that's just the way I am:shrug:

Face it, Katie was hired to be the perky, grinning, giggling little sex-pot headlinging the Today Show, that was her job, and she did it well. It was a way for her to get to the big time, and she took it. I think that she has gotten typecast though, and as we can see, people aren't willing to throw away their preconcieved notions of how well she'll do as an anchor.

Well, just in case you've all forgotten, Katie has worked the hard news beat at ABC, CNN and NBC, and has gotten deserved praise for it, including an Emmy.

I think people need to wait and see how she does. She's going into an entirely different gig now, and I'm sure she'll act accordingly. Until then:shrug:

[lukasahero]

60. HA! What a concept!

Thank you.

[Bridget Burke]

87. "Cute & Perky" does not age well....

Now's the time for her to show her character & intelligence.

Not that I have great hopes, but you are right.

[BrklynLiberal]

37. If they had wanted an actual reporter: Christiane Amanpour

But they were looking for a sugar coated, cherry lollipop-looking talking head that would be "good for ratings" that could just read off a teleprompter.
The news is not really "NEWS" anymoe. It is infotainment. No one who has any real NEWS integrity would accept that job these days. IMHO.
:puke:

[Cleita]

52. CBS news was the only MSM news that I was still watching.

Even though I found it barely tolerable since Dan Rather left, I know now that I won't be able to watch Perky McSmiley, without throwing up. Buh bye, CBS. The only thing I have left is C-SPAN and the Spanish language stations.

[BrklynLiberal]

55. Perky McSmiley! bwaaa haa haa haa .. That's PERFECT

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[laheina]

61. :) There will be no Perky McSmiley for me either.

Since that is the sum total of her appeal, I wonder how she's gonna pull of the news?

[oasis]

43. Gwen Ifill of PBS "Washington Week".

[xultar]

47. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

Another good one!

[DeepModem Mom]

63. I thought Gwen was Condi's best bud? I haven't watched...

Washington Week recently, though. Does she pander to the Bushies?

[Cleita]

68. The format doesn't allower her to be as smarmy as

Darryl Kagan or Paula Zahn, but the bias shows through if you pay attention. I stopped watching her some time ago because it told me that PBS was acquiring the same bias as the cable news whores.

Yes, and I forgot. She and Condi are the best of friends.

[xultar]

71. I have conservative friends. From what I've seen of Gwen she's

cool she's no raging neo-con.

[Cleita]

73. Xultar. She is a professional I will grant you that and her bias

is not supposed to influence her reporting, but it does in many subtle ways.

[xultar]

74. Shit it is that way across all the media. That is why we liked Dan Rather

I'd like to see a Black female @ the evening news anchor desk. I won't lie. As long as she's not a raging neo-con with an agenda I'm o.k. with it.

[Cleita]

78. It's okay to have conservatives as well as liberals, but journalists

are supposed to leave their politics behind and present the facts and the whole story as they know it at that time. Gwen is probably under contract to PBS and couldn't move anyway.

When my husband and I traveled around the country, we saw many black, women anchors on TV. I'm sure there are many more to pick from.

[xultar]

79. Oh there are but they won't pick them. No national audience following.

[Cleita]

48. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Gwen isn't unbiased and her favoritism to business and corporations leaks through.

[oasis]

67. She's balanced enough for PBS to have put her in her present position. I

mean we're not going to see a Keith Olbermann doing either job.:shrug:

[Cleita]

69. She actually did the business news for a long time on PBS.

When they got rid of Bill Moyers and a few other lesser known "liberal" (which actually means unbiased) reporters, her influence and airtime expanded.

[Cleita]

46. Hands down, I would have picked Christianne Amanpour,

however, she isn't a good corporate ass kisser. But to follow Dan Rather, she is the only one I can think of with the journalistic chops to fill his shoes.

[Catherine Vincent]

49. How about Carol Simpson? Whatever happened to her?

She was one of the moderators for the 1992 presidential debates.

[xultar]

53. I love her. I think she's in her mid 60's. I think they want someone who

can do a good 25 years.

[BrklynLiberal]

57. I would prefer her over Gwen Ifill.

[Beaverhausen]

50. Jill Carroll

[xultar]

54. Though I love her. Nope. She'd make a great Christanne Amanpour

for another news agency.

[Cleita]

56. Too young and inexperienced. She needs seasoning, but

if her traumatic kidnapping doesn't damage her it will make her stronger. She should be able to step into Katie Couric's shoes then in a decade or so.

[TexanDem]

62. Anybody remember Ashleigh Banfield? She tried to be fair.

But Christiane would be great! Not happy about Katy. Won't watch it.
Actually I thought - though not a woman - that John Roberts should have got it. He'd only been
side-kick for years and years. Should have been natural to go with him, IMHO. But he's on CNN now. Evening news is probably on its way out - alas.

[mattclearing]

70. Banfield was fantastic, but they pushed her out at MSNBC after

she protested the way the embedding was going for the Iraq War, if I remember correctly.

[deminks]

81. Her words...

http://www.alternet.org/story/15778


stunning now to revisit that time.

[Cleita]

72. I think you are right and quite honestly I hope so. If this shuts off

the propaganda outfits I'm all for it. This will probably be an opportunity for other markets to pick it up like radio and maybe C-SPAN for those of us who have to have our news. Another DUer has put up information about viewer supported news, like PBS to air on LinkTV in 2007.

[xultar]

77. I liked Ashleigh Banfield why did she get canned?

[mattclearing]

86. See my post above. n/t

[TexanDem]

94. Did you know Ashleigh is now on Court TV?

I didn't -- just did a search for her to see if there's anything current; and it seems she's co-hosting a show with Jack Ford called Courtside - comes on at noon CDT. Will have to remember to check it out tomorrow.

[Ilsa]

75. Amanpour or Ifill or Margaret Warner of PBS-News Hour

I think I'd rather have Warner.

[Booster]

84. Her first name escapes me, but the lady who covered Katrina

with such compassion, Meserve is her last name. I could totally trust that lady.

[xultar]

91. She was pretty good.

[Beaverhausen]

92. Jeanne Meserve?

[Booster]

95. Yes, thank you. Had a little senior moment there.

[mdmc]

89. Garry Trudeau's wife

Jane Pauly.

[librechik]

97. YES!

applause

[KansDem]

93. Tally Briggs

http://www.geocities.com/bardgal/Bardgal.html

Intelligent, witty, a great conversationalist, and easy on the eyes...