The Intense Competitive Pressure of the Evening News Industry

Er, I don't think Dick Thornburgh and the folks who put out the CBS stonewall report had this in mind when they talked about the intense competition between Dan Rather and the rest of the Hair Helmet Hamas:

Last Tuesday, former NBCNEWS anchor Tom Brokaw and ABCNEWS anchor Peter held a private dinner for outgoing CBSNEWS anchor Dan Rather at Brokaw's apartment on New York's Upper East Side. Among the few guests was Ted Koppel, the longtime host of ABC's NIGHTLINE.

During a dinner of salmon over black rice and a dessert of vanilla cake, Jennings and Brokaw toasted their former rival, with Brokaw emphasizing the adjustments to life after the anchor desk.

The NEW YORK TIMES is planning to detail Rather's long goodbye in Tuesday editions.

I wonder if old man Cronkite ever sat down for some social time with David Brinkley while he was still manning the CBS News anchor desk.

Somehow I doubt they were that chummy back in the day.