I'm not surprised really. I tried watching the CBS Evening News when she took over in 2006 but I found her style very sickly and irritating. If I want American news I now watch the NBC Nightly News - you can't beat it, as far as I'm concerned.
The thing about America is that it puts a lot of stock in the anchor rather than the programme. Every news bulletin has a big name attached and I'm sad to say, it remains very much a male-dominated world. I'm surprised she's lasted this long, to be honest. I'm glad that the British media regards its female presenters much more highly.
The thing about America is that it puts a lot of stock in the anchor rather than the programme. Every news bulletin has a big name attached and I'm sad to say, it remains very much a male-dominated world. I'm surprised she's lasted this long, to be honest. I'm glad that the British media regards its female presenters much more highly.
True, but local news, which is far more important in the US than it is in the UK (and is a far bigger money earner than any national newscast), has a very high ratio of female anchors and reporters.
The thing about America is that it puts a lot of stock in the anchor rather than the programme. Every news bulletin has a big name attached and I'm sad to say, it remains very much a male-dominated world. I'm surprised she's lasted this long, to be honest. I'm glad that the British media regards its female presenters much more highly.
True, but local news, which is far more important in the US than it is in the UK (and is a far bigger money earner than any national newscast), has a very high ratio of female anchors and reporters.
Yeah, I'm always amazed when I go the US that much of the news content on the main channels is local with just a smattering of network news. Being British, it is rather unusual - it's very much the other way round here.
The thing about America is that it puts a lot of stock in the anchor rather than the programme. Every news bulletin has a big name attached and I'm sad to say, it remains very much a male-dominated world. I'm surprised she's lasted this long, to be honest. I'm glad that the British media regards its female presenters much more highly.
True, but local news, which is far more important in the US than it is in the UK (and is a far bigger money earner than any national newscast), has a very high ratio of female anchors and reporters.
Yeah, I'm always amazed when I go the US that much of the news content on the main channels is local with just a smattering of network news. Being British, it is rather unusual - it's very much the other way round here.
Well, with some states being bigger then our entire country local news over their isn't "Mrs Brown's Fence Blown Down - Dickie Bird gives us his thoughts"
I have to agree about Katie Couric. I don't like her presentational style at all.
Of all the American news bulletins, I prefer ABC's
World News with Charles Gibson
. It's just so much more professional and informative, while retaining the politeness of most American newsreaders. That's something I prefer: they always say "I hope you had a great day", "Have a wonderful evening" etc. The problem with Katie Couric was that she always took it to the extreme, sounding like she was accepting an Oscar every evening.
That said, the warmth of the American bulletins makes our news seem truly staid and old-fashioned.
I do not want 'warm news' I want cold clinical analysis albeit with the occasional banter.
Then you would probably have enjoyed the legendary CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow, the man who helped to bring down Joseph McCarthy. His style of analysis tended to be cold and clinical, yet literate and often poetic.
I can't find any good clips of him reporting and anchoring at CBS, but you can get a great idea of his style in this clip of him opening an educational (PBS) station:
FYI, Rome Hartman, now executive producer of BBC World News America, was the first executive producer for the CBS Evening News. He was replaced a year later.
