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Tucker Carlson Leaves MSNBC

I really only know of Tucker and his infamous bow tie from his stint on “Dancing with the Stars” (short though it was), but now you will not even be able to turn on MSNBC to see Tucker Carlson’s show “Tucker.” The show began in June 2003, but MSNBC just announced its cancellation today. Tucker will remain at MSNBC as a campaign reporter. Tucker is the son of Richard Warner Carlson, himself local news anchor in Los Angeles. He was also the director of the U.S. Information Agency and an ambassador to Seychelles, so maybe that is how Tucker got … Continue reading →

Katie Headed For Iraq

Just a few weeks shy of celebrating her first anniversary as “CBS Evening News” anchor–Katie Couric is ditching the desk and heading for Iraq. In what network insiders are calling an “ambitious reporting trip,” Couric leaves today for the war torn country. She is scheduled to anchor the “CBS Evening News” from Baghdad next Tuesday and Wednesday, then from Damascus on Thursday and Friday. This will be the first time Couric will be reporting from the region. She is the second major network anchor to travel to Iraq since ABC News’ Bob Woodruff was nearly killed by a roadside bomb … Continue reading →

Injured Journalist Plans Return To TV

ABC News has just announced that anchor Bob Woodruff will be returning to TV in his first broadcast since being severely injured in January by a roadside bomb while covering the war in Iraq. In previous blogs I had reported that there was speculation that it may be a while before Woodruff returned to his duties at the network (anchoring, reporting or otherwise). But, it looks like the news is better than first believed and in fact ABC has released a statement which details plans for a primetime special to air in spring 2007. In it the former “World News” … Continue reading →