The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, Dec. 2:
NBC newsman Tom Brokaw signed off the anchor desk Wednesday night. In American living rooms, it will be a good long while before “The NBC Nightly News” seems as much a member of the family.
Brokaw’s retirement and the announced departure of Dan Rather from the top anchor post at CBS likely will change the country’s relationship with the people who deliver the headlines for coast-to-coast audiences.
His career spanned a series of incredible historic events – from Watergate, to the fall of the Berlin Wall, to the Sept. 11 attacks.
For the last seven years, the “least flashy” anchor – as one TV critic called him – drew the largest audience. Given that success, maybe those who follow Brokaw would be smart to emulate him.
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