Word: anchormanly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...voice-over, snippety sound-bite techniques on the evening news. Of course, networks defend their sound bites by protesting how hard it is to condense all the news into 22 minutes; as serious journalists, they should consider dropping some of those cutesy sign- off feature stories that precede the anchorman's cheery "good night...
...network executive who is afraid that the news broadcasts look too much alike could take a radically simple step. Let the anchorman say, "In Seattle, Candidate Dukakis attacked Reagan's foreign policy," then let the man speak for himself. Before long, presidential candidates might become as familiar as the television reporters who filter the news we are told about, and sometimes...
During the minute or so of happy talk at the end of the newscast, when other members of News Team-7 are smiling and making pleasantries and semi-jokes as they stack their papers, Chandra will have none of it: no grins, no banters. Instead, she often challenges the anchorman: "What you talking about, have a nice day--what's nice about that?"--socking the weather map with her pointer...
...News anchorman Peter Jennings and Soviet television commentator Vladimir Pozner moderated a discussion between the students and panels of journalists from each country...
...Some big names have been working to rekindle confidence. 60 Minutes Executive Producer Don Hewitt and Correspondent Mike Wallace met with Tisch and urged him to spell out his plans more specifically, but indicated they were reassured that he still backs a strong news operation. Walter Cronkite, the former anchorman who now sits on the CBS board of directors, reportedly had a shouting confrontation with Tisch, but emerged from a board meeting last week with a measured endorsement of management. "I think the necessity of getting that fat out of the budget is definitely there," he said. "I only quarrel...