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CBS Names Katie Couric's Replacement
Katie Couric wrote a guest essay for The New York Times criticizing CBS for replacing Norah O'Donnell as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" with two men, Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson. Couric herself hosted the "CBS Evening News" for five years, from 2006 to 2011. Her problem is not with the new anchors themselves, as she is a fan of both DuBois and Dickerson, but with their appointments, which have made television's evening news a male-dominated space, with Lester Holt already hosting "NBC Nightly News" and David Muir hosting "ABC World News Tonight."
“It was more than a little disappointing to learn that Ms. O’Donnell would be replaced by two men, John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois,” Couric wrote. “Don’t get me wrong: I know, like and respect these two journalists. But soon, the three major networks will have four male anchors. Yes, the talented Margaret Brennan will contribute stories from the Washington Bureau for CBS, but the two people greeting Americans who tune in to the CBS evening news will be men.”
“More importantly, the three people behind the scenes, who make most of the editorial decisions, will be three white men: Bill Owens, Guy Campanile and Jerry Cipriano,” she added of the producers responsible behind the scenes.
