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Who is your favorite (active) TV anchor?

Mine is Lester Holt.

Posted - September 8, 2021
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  • 23577
    I guess I don't have a favorite but I like Holt, too.
      September 8, 2021 7:24 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I rarely watch TV news, but I like Pat Kiernan and Errol Louis on Spectrum New York One.
      September 8, 2021 7:30 PM MDT
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  • 19937
    I like Lester Holt but I watch ABC news at 6 PM and that anchor is Bill Ritter.  
      September 8, 2021 7:39 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    What happened to David Muir?
      September 9, 2021 8:27 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    I like David Muir, but he's a bit weird.  What I don't like is that he prefaces his questions to the reporter on scene with such detail that the reported has very little to say.
      September 9, 2021 9:19 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    Ana Kasparian from The Young Turks. She's not on tv, but she is on the internet.




    This post was edited by Zack at September 9, 2021 8:36 PM MDT
      September 8, 2021 7:44 PM MDT
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  • 16794
    Leigh Sales. I love to watch politicians squirm when she asks questions they don't want to answer.
      September 8, 2021 8:34 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    No politicians ever want to give straight answers.
      September 9, 2021 8:28 AM MDT
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  • 17599
    I don't have one, but I would never watch or listen  to 15 seconds of Holt. 
      September 8, 2021 11:01 PM MDT
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  • 2706
       I don't have one. I stopped watching television 5 or 6 years ago. The direction the news was taking at that time and the lack of any good programs were two of the main reasons why I stopped watching television.
      September 8, 2021 11:33 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      Walter Cronkite.
      “And that’s the way it is.”
      

      ~

      September 9, 2021 12:17 AM MDT
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  • 44620
    (Sigh)...He is not active. But he was the best.
      September 9, 2021 8:26 AM MDT
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  • 53509

     

    Conversely, many of the people who have populated his profession are not true anchors, they’re high-paid actors and actresses who read the news in the ways it’s been dictated and manipulated by their corporate ratings-seeking handlers.


    :(

      September 9, 2021 8:34 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    It's hard to disagree with that. CBS has followed ABCs lead by hiring a former NFL player, Nate Burleson.
      September 10, 2021 6:55 AM MDT
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  • 34286
    I do not think there are any news anchors left....they are all commentators. 
      September 10, 2021 10:14 AM MDT
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  • 44620
    Thanks, that is a better description. Maybe we should just call them TV hosts and script readers.
      September 10, 2021 4:33 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Seeing other answers and posts and comments, I am adding another post.



    The best newscasts in the world - - ever - - and I am correct, regardless of what anyone else may  think:


    The newscasts from director George Romoero's orignal 1968 "Night of the Living Dead'

    If anyone bothers to watch, the first "newscaster" in the clips is Charles Craig, my favorite newscaster in the movie. I contacted him and we set a date to meet. I've met him and talked with him -- he was very nice to me as we talked about the movie. And he's funny.


      September 10, 2021 4:13 PM MDT
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  • 44620
    That activity behind him was a nice touch. I'm going to watch that movie if it ever comes on. we get two classic movie channels.
      September 10, 2021 4:41 PM MDT
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  • 23577
    Hey ,thanks for a Pick! I hope you can watch it sometime, yes!  :)

    Obviously, all of these newscasts don't occur right after each other in the movi e- - a YouTuber just put all the newscasts together in one clip.

    And, yes, I agree - - that whole scene in the newsroom, with the activity going on behind him, works well for me, too.

    The first time I saw this movie, our dad took us all to a drive-in theater to see this movie and it was the THIRD movie of a triple feature. And we're all sitting in the car - - check out the screen at the 1:52 mark - - we lived in Youngstown when we were watching it!! I about FREAKED out seeing "Youngstown" appear on the screen! Ha! All of the towns and cities are in that area.  :)

    To me, when I first saw this movie as a 13 years-old guy, the sense of 'realism' pervaded though the movie for me. Still does as I've aged.

    The movie, to me, has 'real' people with flaws and strengths - - they're all just trying to figure out what's going on, and how to survive. (That is not a Plot Spoiler or anything.)

    After a long, long active day, your reply made my day better.  Thanks  :)



      September 10, 2021 6:18 PM MDT
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