DISQUS

Randy · 3 years ago

I hear ya' Fluoric. I find the whole thing amazing. Thanks for dropping by, come on back any time.

Fluoric · 3 years ago

LOL, and I thought I was the only person in America who didn't care about Mrs. Couric (or even knew which network she appeared on until recently). Point being, I'll still be taking out the garbage next Wednesday morning as I have been for the past X years.

Fluoric · 3 years ago

LOL, and I thought I was the only person in America who didn't care about Mrs. Couric (or even knew which network she appeared on until recently). Point being, I'll still be taking out the garbage next Wednesday morning as I have been for the past X years.

Randy · 3 years ago

I hear ya' Fluoric. I find the whole thing amazing. Thanks for dropping by, come on back any time.

Jack Yan · 3 years ago

I can only speak of this from a foreign perspective, and believe the news (for us) may be that it has taken this long for a woman to get the top job as a network weeknight anchor (with the exception of Connie Chung, but CBS still needed Dan Rather to acccompany her!).
   In a country where women had the vote first, and where our Governor-General, Chief Justice and Prime Minister (our second) are women, female anchors are normal for us. The US situation may be thought of as a little strange in some other countries, too, where women have been anchoring weeknight programmes on networks for a long time (e.g. Angela Rippon on the BBC).
   The irony here is that I feel drawn in to this story even though your network news programmes don’t air here!
   We do get Fox News but the broadcast is cut short, and ever since Juliet Huddy went to Dayside, which we don’t get here, I am sadder …

Jack Yan · 3 years ago

I can only speak of this from a foreign perspective, and believe the news (for us) may be that it has taken this long for a woman to get the top job as a network weeknight anchor (with the exception of Connie Chung, but CBS still needed Dan Rather to acccompany her!).
   In a country where women had the vote first, and where our Governor-General, Chief Justice and Prime Minister (our second) are women, female anchors are normal for us. The US situation may be thought of as a little strange in some other countries, too, where women have been anchoring weeknight programmes on networks for a long time (e.g. Angela Rippon on the BBC).
   The irony here is that I feel drawn in to this story even though your network news programmes don’t air here!
   We do get Fox News but the broadcast is cut short, and ever since Juliet Huddy went to Dayside, which we don’t get here, I am sadder …

Randy · 3 years ago

Hi Jack! You always have a great perspective from across the world. It is a gift to this blog when you chime in.

I had never thought of her being a female anchor until you brought it up. I mean, I knew she was a female anchor but hadn't even considered that her being a woman was an important variable. And it is! And that is good.

I am still probably not going to watch her but that is good :).

I like Fox News and my local news. That's good enough for me.

Jack Yan · 3 years ago

Thanks, Randy! In fact, there was a bit stink down here when one of the more experienced female anchors was fired, not that her gender had anything to do with it (the network faced government criticism over the huge salary that she was getting). So we have gone on to a stage where not only have female anchors become commonplace, they are now getting fired!
   I am like you: I would never watch the ABC, CBS or NBC news when in the United States, when there are better news programmes on cable.

Randy · 3 years ago

They both have their pitfalls but I think between cable news and the credible blogs... that's enough.