Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Self-defined Brokaw ready to step aside

CNN article: But the evening news world has changed, with the 60-something Brokaw and ABC's Peter Jennings (and 73-year-old Rather, who announced his retirement last week) as only slightly older than the average age of the evening news viewer. The television landscape has changed -- CNN was in its infancy, and MSNBC and Fox News Channel weren't even born yet in the early 1980s -- and the United States has changed too. Millions who grew up watching the Big Three are now too busy at 6:30 p.m. to catch Tom, Dan or Peter.

Jesus accepting gays too hot for NBC, CBS, church says

CNN: CBS has refused to run an ad by a liberal church promoting the acceptance of people regardless of sexual orientation because the network believes the ad is advocacy advertising.