Cbs news has announced that veteran reporter bob schieffer will fill dan rather's chair until a permanent replacement is found Walter cronkite, dan rather’s predecessor at the “cbs evening news,” said monday that rather’s replacement by bob schieffer was overdue. Npr's alex chadwick talks with washington post media.
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Cbs's veteran face the nation host and chief washington correspondent bob schieffer has been tabbed to fill in on an interim basis when dan rather steps down next month as cbs.
Rather, 73, ends his run as evening news anchor wednesday, exactly 24 years after replacing cronkite
Cronkite called schieffer one of the great television journalists of our time. “cbs evening news” is in third place in the ratings and has no permanent anchor (after rather signs off wednesday, veteran “face the nation” host bob schieffer will fill in for an. When rather got the job over schieffer, roger mudd and charles kuralt, who were all in the running, schieffer says he went to washington and “lived happily ever after.” New york (ap) _ dan rather will probably be replaced with veteran ``face the nation'' host bob schieffer on an interim basis when rather steps down next month as ``cbs evening news''.
Washington correspondent bob schieffer is all but certain to be named interim anchor on the cbs evening news when dan rather steps down next month, sources within cbs news say.
