Word: coanchor
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...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...