How To Get A Cronkite

By Brian 

Peggy Noonan dissects the “myth of Cronkiteism” in an op-ed this morning. She advises CBS not to buy a big-budget anchor, but instead let the viewers create a new anchor star. “For the anchor, get a reasonable journalist and surround him with a great show. Soon enough, as respect and numbers grow, your anchor will be called a Cronkite. That’s how you get a Cronkite. You make the show the star and he becomes a star,” she writes…

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