New England Cable News

[Donna Halper]

At 03:35 PM 12/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>At 01:16 PM 12/20/2003, Donna Halper wrote:
>
>>The one I watch has some very credible news anchors like R.D. Sahl and 
>>former channel 5 (WCVB) anchor Chet Curtis,
>
>What makes one news reader more credible, in your mind, than another news 
>reader?  We all know these people are merely reading words written by 
>others most of the time, so as long as they pronounce the words clearly, 
>who cares who it is?

Umm, R.D. and Chet actually do some real, genuine reporting.  Granted, they 
have little helpers and interns, but I know people who work with them and 
they actually get out and cover stories, believe it or don't.  Not everyone 
is just a reader... News readers are only as credible as the people who 
write their stuff, of course.  But some of the old-time journalists in this 
town do still like to see things for themselves-- people are shocked to 
find that Jack Williams and Liz Walker and even Natalie Jacobsen have been 
known to leave the studio and talk to the people they are reporting 
about...