a female newsreader soloing on CBS? Most countries I've seen news from have had both male and female solo anchors and some of those girls would only be called girls by their friends (or in their dreams).

In fact the whole folksy dinner party quality of multiple anchors is damned annoying IMHO.

But I loved the punchline in this anecdote. It's priceless.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/opinion/04greene.html

She's got a ways to go to beat Melissa Theuriau.

Melissa Theauriau is teh gorgeous.

Yes, why the fuss? Go back 30 years:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Rippon

trollop said:  "But I loved the punchline in this anecdote. It's priceless. "

“Good evening. This is Walter Cronkite, sitting in for Arnold Zenker.”

I don't get it.

Oh, wait. It is subtle.  Okay.  So The Famous Walter Cronkite "sat in" for the little nobody, Zenker, and because Cronkite is so wonderfully gracious and charming and understands human nature, he gave Zenker a minor kudo by stating such.

Okay.

Man.  You people!  Is everyone in a mood today.
I, for one, was enheartend and bouyed by this endearing anecdote.  I'm walkin' on fuckin sunshine!

Yep. It's priceless how Zenker was put in as a strikebreaker (from management, so technically he wasn't scabbing) then was effectively shunned by the hierarchy.

The only word of recognition came from one of the workers he undermined and I'm not convinced it was entirely a compliment.

Yeah. Angela Rippon. Mary Kostakidis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kostakidis

and a whole lot more. Even the bimbos on the commercial channels run a desk solo. So what's the big deal at CBS?