Charles Gibson to Step Down as ‘World News' Anchor

[brooklynite]

Source: Broadcasting and Cable

Charles Gibson has announced that he will step down as anchor of World News at the end of the year. David Westin, president, ABC News, broke the news to the news division staff in an e-mail Wednesday morning. Diane Sawyer will take over for Gibson in January.

Read more: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/339232-Charles_Gibson_to_Step_Down_as_World_News_Anchor.php

[bluestateguy]

1. As long as it's not Terry Moran or Jake Tapper replacing him

nt

[Dr.Phool]

6. Sarah Palin?

[truebrit71]

2. Sawyer as replacement? Ugh...

..

[Owl]

26. I agree. Ugh...

[ginnyinWI]

3. I think ABC is the most conservative of the big three.

And I think CBS is the most liberal. Any one of them is better at straight news reporting than any of the cable nets.

[No Elephants]

23. I wouldn't tknow how to rank the news departments. They all seem neocon to me these days.

[votenovember2008]

4. Wonder

what the real reason is? Curious

[IndianaGreen]

5. I wonder as well

Gibson wasn't that great to begin with, but Sawyer is pure fluff.

[Dr.Phool]

7. In what respect, Indie?

:evilgrin:

[IndianaGreen]

9. Shouldn't Gibson had made the announcement himself?

Why did the corporate empty suit made the announcement?

[brooklynite]

12. Rest of the article includes his personal comments...

I was copying this from an iPhone; text-capture and editing is tricky.

[IndianaGreen]

13. Ahhh, thanks for clarifying that

BTW, I read that Apple was going to end AT&T exclusive contract for iPhone, which would allow other carriers to compete. There is a problem in making iPhone compatible with Verizon's upcoming 4G network.

[No Elephants]

20. Good one! Kudos.

[onenote]

16. maybe the reason is that he's 66 and he doesn't want to do it anymore

Shit, I don't know when I will be able to retire, but I hope its by the time I'm 66. I can't think of another broadcast network news anchor, other than Dan Rather, who kept doing that job past age 65. Most retire earlier than that (or get pushed out).

[No Elephants]

19. He did not look healthy to me last time I saw him. Lost weight; looked drawn. He could

have been on a diet, though. If he wasn't, he is sick. JMO.

[pattmarty]

8. Charlie WHO?????????????????????

[Dr Fate]

18. That's what I said. I have not watched ABC news in 10 or 12 years.

As far as I'm concerned, this Charlie fellow is the new guy.

[pattmarty]

25. And, most importantly, not worth watching. In the last 8 yrs PBS has...........

..........turned into mediocre pablum and C span has turned decidedly right too. I get my news from DU, Common Dreams, and Buzzflash. As far as TV, MSNBC, CNN, Link and Free Speech TV.

[Dr Fate]

28. Yup- I read all my news, occasionaly I You tube some clips...

And yet I can hang in there with any discussion on current events. Go figure.

[KamaAina]

10. Exit, stage right

far right. :P

[CK_John]

11. I noticed his hands shaking and slight speech tremors during Ted's coverage. nt

[No Elephants]

22. Ah, I did not see that bc I watched local coverage. But I did notice that he had lost weight.

[UpInArms]

14. Diane Sawyer - former Richard Nixon speechwriter

:shrug:

:puke:

[gauguin57]

15. My (Nixon-loathing) mother is doing cartwheels in her casket right now.

She used to scream at the TeeVee whenever Diane Sawyer showed her face.

Well, my mom watched NBC anyway.

Seems like not much of a change from Charlie to Diane, frankly. Change in gender; that's about it.

[question everything]

24. Oh, c'mon. We are talking 30 years ago!

And, by all accounts, today Nixon would have been considered liberal.

[UpInArms]

29. it has been proven to me countless times -

people don't really change over time, they just become more of who they are

:hi:

[Maccagirl]

30. What does that say about today?

Have we regressed that far? Yep, I guess so.

[Dr Fate]

17. Who???

Nevah hoid of em.

[high density]

21. By all means, don't find somebody under 60 years old to replace him

:eyes:

[goclark]

27. Isn't he the one that thought GW was so funny

when GW pretended he was looking for the WMD?

I remember something like that was a deciding factor in why I was not a fan of Gipson's.

[Cha]

31. So it will be Katie, Dianne, and Brian..Brian

better watch his back.:P

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

32. Goodbye, McGibson.

[Joe Bacon]

33. Replacing one liar with another.

Won't give me any incentive to switch, I'll still watch the BBC news, which tells the truth, something CBS, NBC and ABC don't do.