Anchors: Brokaw, Jennings, Rather and the Evening News

By Robert Goldberg and Gerald Jay Goldberg

Book Overview

Ever since the ratings battle between Jennings, Rather and Brokaw began in 1983, fighting has been fierce. Today the competition is extremely close and the infighting between networks is often brutal.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559720190
• ISBN13: 9781559720199
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent look behind the scenes

This book follows various major news stories from a presidential summit in Malta to the San Francisco earthquake and how the different networks; ABC, CBS, and NBC reported them. It also spends a day with Rather, Jennings, and Brokaw as they gather the news. It provides detailed biographies and looks back at the personalities. There are several pages of photos, including the anchors in their youth. A 5-star review would have been earned had this been more recent. The news stories and techniques seem to be a little behind to our standards. Other wise, a great and informative book.