Which reporter logged the most minutes of air time during from 2000-2009? The honor goes to Andrea Mitchell of NBC, according to the invaluable resource that is Andrew Tyndall's TyndallReport.com. Here's a full breakdown. (more...)

“...Brian Williams has spent much of his tenure at “NBC Nightly News” as a young Turk competing against two older, avuncular and laid-back newsmen, Mr. Gibson and Bob Schieffer of CBS, who filled in after Mr. Rather left his post ahead of schedule. With Ms. Sawyer’s arrival, the three network anchors are evenly matched in looks and take-charge personality.

The passing of Walter Cronkite brings back memories of a time when the CBS Evening News not only dominated the ratings, but the news conversation as a whole. It also highlights the current state of the once influential newscast, as it sits in a clear third place in the ratings. There are many reasons for this: here's why the CBS Evening News is struggling in the ratings, how it can turn things around...and why none of it is Katie Couric's fault. (more...)

It's not often that somebody dying makes me feel young. But the death of Walter Cronkite has inspired me with an overwhelming feeling of youthfulness. You see, I really know next to nothing about Walter Cronkite.  He means nothing at all to me. Hearing that he's dead was like a looking at a well-painted apartment wall. You get the feeling that a good job might have been done but that's the limit of the emotional or intellectual reaction. (more...)