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A couple columns that passed my way via Twitter say the real gem in the crown of former CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite’s career was his clear-eyed analysis of the war in Vietnam — one formed by on-the-ground reporting.
Tue, July 21 2009 » Main Page, Media » 2 Comments
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather and the network are talking about his leaving the corporation that has employed him for the last 44 years before his contract expires in November. But he might have his fingers in a new pie, one being backed by billionaire Mark Cuban.
Sun, June 18 2006 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
William F. Buckley looks back on what he might have said had he responded for Sen. Joe McCarthy to CBS’s Edward R. Murrow.
Wed, December 7 2005 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The Salon blurb: George Clooney’s second directorial project refuses to sacrifice craftsmanship to polemics, even as it kicks the pants of the contemporary media.
Fri, September 23 2005 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
NYT television writer Alessandra Stanley looks at ex-CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather’s love of both news and the camera, and the bitter footnote that the memo scandal will leave on his 42-year career.
Thu, March 10 2005 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
This Toronto Star story looks at how two former Canadian broadcast journalists, John Roberts and Thalia Assuras, may end up hosting the CBS Evening News together after Dan Rather hangs it up.