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.
posted by Raz @ 6:25 PM
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First off, it clearly is an important event when someone such as Dan Rather, who has been involved with national television news as long as he has, retires. One of the most interesting facts in the article, however, was that Rather, age 73, is only slightly over the average age of all television daily news programming viewers! I found this to be astonishing. That the average viewer is in their 70's. This causes me to question my criticism of someone, at age 73, continuing to work on television. I must admit, that I find a man, 73 years of age, to be quite old; especially when working on a prestigious television news program. Knowing now, however, that average viewers are close, if not older, that that age themselves, it seems much more acceptable for a news anchor to work til such an old age. (sorry, but 73 is freekin old). Regarless, my respect for Rather and the work he has done over his career.
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