We broadcast excerpts from a recent panel presented by The New Yorker magazine. On the panel were network news anchors Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather. They discuss the presidential campaign and network news. The panel was moderated by Ken Auletta, a contributor to The New Yorker who writes the Annals of Communications column for the magazine.
News anchor Dan Rather. As anchor of the CBS Evening News, Rather's probably the most visible journalist in America. He has a new memoir called "I Remember." (It's published by Little, Brown).
Television critic David Bianculli gives his take on the dismissal of Connie Chung as the co-anchor of the CBS Evening News, and the role of the sole remaining host, Dan Rather.
Maureen Corrigan considers the implications of the addition of the Asian American woman journalist Connie Chung as co-anchor with Dan Rather on the Evening News.