We've already told you the news that Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson
will take turns filling in for the injured Bob Woodruff. But I wonder: why don't they just let regular anchor Elizabeth
Vargas do the job herself? Sure, ABC does a lot with their nightly news (two live shows - one East Coast, one West), but
since they picked Vargas and Woodruff to replace Peter Jennings, why not have her as the only anchor until Woodruff
recovers or they pick another permanent co-anchor?
I can understand getting someone in there quickly, since they want to keep the show a two anchor newscast, but why veterans like Sawyer and Gibson? What does this say about their choice of Vargas? Why not get other anchors and correspondents in there?
Remember when Sawyer and Gibson were only going to be "temporary" hosts of Good Morning America? Look how that turned out.
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2-03-2006 @ 11:44AM
Seth Brundle said...
I sadly suspect that Woodruff is not returning due to his health.
Rather then gamble on Vargas' chemistry with a new anchor, they are going to plan B, which involves a known quantity.
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2-04-2006 @ 9:14AM
Brad said...
We know that Woodruff is alive and responding to stimuli. He's also talking. But we don't know how badly he was injured, whether he will be deformed in any manner, and as an anchor that matters a lot.
I think they just want to be able to keep on doing the two-anchor broadcast until they know the definitive answer about Woodruff. It's a style that they committed themselves to, and they're not going to ditch it in this situation.
But Vargas could've held her own just by herself. She has for the past week.
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