Anchors: Brokaw, Jennings, Rather and the Evening News [Hardcover]

Robert Goldberg (Author), Gerald Jay Goldberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1990

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. As one ex-president of CBS News said, "It's trench warfare. There's everything out there but mustard gas." Anchors profiles in depth this trio of larger-than-life newsmen--"living logos of the networks." 8 pages of photographs. (Nonfiction-General)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 399 pages
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr (November 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559720190
• ISBN-13: 978-1559720199
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,520,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent look behind the scenes, April 10, 1999

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This review is from: Anchors: Brokaw, Jennings, Rather and the Evening News (Hardcover)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Well-Rounded, Very Informative Book, November 2, 2005

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Kelli N. "snoops71" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anchors: Brokaw, Jennings, Rather and the Evening News (Hardcover)

I first read this book 9 years ago, after checking it out from the library. I was not disappointed. This is the most detailed, organized, factual, thorough book on the 3 former (I'm still not quite used to referring to them in past tense) network news anchors, who held their positions for over 20 years each. Everything about the 3 of them is covered- their youth, early days in journalism, the stories and headlines they covered, their personal lives, how they each became network anchor, and much more. There are photographs included as well. As the reviewer before me said, it needs to be undated- now more than ever. This is why I also gave it a 4 star rating, instead of 5. If this book is not updated, it is time for a new one to be written. If that happens, I'll be waiting in line to get my copy. In the meanwhile, this is the best book there is on the careers and histories of Brokaw, Jennings, and Rather, and reminds us why their individual legacies, as well as their legacy as a whole, will continue to live on.