According to Broadcasting & Cable, there's a debate about network news shows: Are they simply dying, or are they already dead? Sam Donaldson wants to pull the plug:
"I think it's dead. Sorry," he said during a breakfast panel Tuesday at the National Association of Broadcasters' convention in Las Vegas. "The monster anchors are through."Jeff Greenfield disagrees:
...God forbid, if someone shot the President, which network would you turn to? It will be cable, the Internet--something other than General Hospital being interrupted.
If it's dying, it's dying a very slow death," Greenfield said. Although the network news monopoly was "smashed" by cable, broadcast news will redefine itself, though he didn't yet know how.When you find out, Jeff, let us know.