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...since then. The razzle-dazzle special effects that Arledge imported from the sports division have been muted, or else copied by the competition. Barbara Walters, lured in 1976 from NBC with that notorious $1 million-a-year contract, has left the anchor duties to do interviews. Her incompatible coanchor, Harry Reasoner, has fled to CBS'S 60 Minutes. The man who has emerged as their replacement, experienced Newsman Frank Reynolds, 56, has given ABC's World News Tonight stability and style...
...nearly five months since Walters went on the evening news. Still, news viewing is up in general, and ABC'S share of the total three-network news audience has not changed. Rallying to Walters' defense, the Washington Post's Sally Quinn argued that Walters' coanchor, Harry Reasoner, should be the one given the boot: "He's insulting her on the air. He's being rude and sarcastic and putting her down." Richard Salant, president of CBS News, is also sympathetic. Says he: "She's taking an awful licking." Walters herself seems unruffled...