McManus Sends A Message

“Sources inside the Eye felt the appointment” of Rome Hartman as CBS Evening News EP “sent a welcome message that the network of Murrow and Cronkite would retain its hard-news vigor,” Variety’s Michael Learmonth says.

Quoting Bob Schieffer: “By picking someone like Rome I think McManus is sending the message that this is going to be a serious newscast.”

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