Forward to the Past

CBS is considering replacing Dan Rather on the evening news with "a multi-anchor, perhaps multi-city format that changes the "antiquated" way of reporting the day's top stories, CBS chief Leslie Moonves said Tuesday."

Do the names Huntley, Brinkley, McNeil and Lehrer ring any bells?

Moonves goes on:

Those days are over when you have that guy sitting behind the desk who everyone believes to the `nth' degree. It's sort of an antiquated way of news telling and maybe there's a new way of doing it.

So he's conceding that there are no reporters he can point to who have any credibility. I would dispute that. I'd point to a number from Fox News (NOT O'Reilly!), who report without fear of having their careers dead-ended for being politically incorrect. Brit Hume is the prime example.

Asked twice, Moonves wouldn't rule out a role on the evening news for Comedy Central's Jon Stewart

That seems to be an admission that CBS News has become a joke. Maybe they could get David Letterman to read the news once a week.

Update: Hugh Hewitt nominates Jon Lovitz.