Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 20:16     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Met all of the above and was particularly charmed by Jennings. IIRC, he only had a HS education and was therefore surprisingly modest. Seemed to have a case of imposter syndrome.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 20:11     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Dan Rather, too. He had a really sense of our place in history, I think.

Jennings was a pretty boy. I don't even remember Brokaw.

Today it's Muir, Holt and -- least of the least -- Nora O'Donnell, who is literally Nightly News Barbie. I wish someone would tell her that saying "Tragic" after every story doesn't make her seem empathetic.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 19:34     Subject: Re:The "big three" news anchors
Dan Rather.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 19:27     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Anonymous wrote:Dan Rather. No question


I subscribe to his Substack.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 19:20     Subject: Re:The "big three" news anchors
Anonymous wrote:Peter Jennings but I came to appreciate Dan Rather later-- he's very smart, surprisingly funny, and has a good sense of self-awareness, especially about his age and privilege, which enables him to speak to a broad range of people. But Jennings was my favorite anchor at the time.

I always thought Brokaw was a self-important blowhard. I think NBC news has always been a crappy org though, and have never really liked the people who come up through it, except Tim Russert.



Oh, c'mon. Lester Holt seems like a decent fellow.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 19:03     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Dan Rather. I agree with PP upthread that Brokaw seemed like a blowhard. I don't think I ever watched Peter Jennings. I know people were turned off by him, but I liked Brian Williams.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:59     Subject: Re:The "big three" news anchors
Peter Jennings but I came to appreciate Dan Rather later-- he's very smart, surprisingly funny, and has a good sense of self-awareness, especially about his age and privilege, which enables him to speak to a broad range of people. But Jennings was my favorite anchor at the time.

I always thought Brokaw was a self-important blowhard. I think NBC news has always been a crappy org though, and have never really liked the people who come up through it, except Tim Russert.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:59     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Dan Rather. No question
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:53     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Any of them over all of the current anchors
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:44     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
I loved Walter Cronkite the best. But then I'm an older Gen X person. After that, Peter Jennings.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:36     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
I was a Peter Jennings fan.

I do like David Muir too. I actually got back to watching the nightly news. Prefer a 30-minute recap to cable news, which is now all domestic stuff and panels telling us what to think about the news.

Good news is something like 18-20 million people still watch the three nightly news programs whereas Fox News barely misses 3 million viewers on a good night.

Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:36     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Tom Brokaw.

I couldn't even tell you who the current anchors of the ABC, CBS and NBC nightly news are. They definitely don't have the same stature of their predecessors.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:31     Subject: Re:The "big three" news anchors
Peter Jennings all day.

That was the end of an era. Three white guys.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:28     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
Tom Brokaw! But we were definitely an NBC evening news family.
Anonymous
Post 10/07/2023 18:25     Subject: The "big three" news anchors
For those old enough to remember them, who was your favorite of the big three anchors Tom Brokaw (NBC), Peter Jennings (ABC) and Dan Rather (CBS)?