On April 4, , Couric did a one-minute commentary about the importance of reading, in a piece substantially lifted from a Wall Street Journal column by Jeffrey Zaslow. Couric claimed that she remembered her first library card , but the words were all from Zaslow's column. It was determined that a producer had actually written the piece. What made the plagiarism especially striking was the personal flavor of the video — which was subsequently removed from the cbsnews.
Much of the rest of the script was stolen from the Journal article. Zaslow said at the time that CBS had "been very gracious and apologetic, and we at the Journal appreciate it.
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On August 27, , Mediabistro wrote a piece about the Big Three network newscasts, praising Couric's Evening News for extensive reporting that had, in its opinion, content better than its rivals. Shales added that viewers "may find bad news less discomforting and sleep-depriving if Couric gives it to them".
He also added that she does not try to "sugarcoat" or "prettify" grim realities. According to Shales, the Evening News may be a more hospitable, welcoming sort of place than its competitors. He concluded by stating that "it's naive to think that viewers choose their news anchor based solely on strict journalistic credentials, though Couric's do seem to be in order, despite her critics' claims". Murrow Award for best newscast. On May 18, , the newscast's graphics were overhauled, using a blue and red color scheme with web -influenced motifs and layouts.
The new graphics design featured a look influenced by the graphics that CBS used during the presidential election coverage. Couric later confirmed her departure to People magazine, citing a desire for "a format that will allow her to engage in more multi-dimensional storytelling. Despite originally retooling the newscasts to add more features, interviews, and human interest stories, over time it returned to the hard news format popularized by Cronkite. In an April article, The New York Times reported that 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley was considered to be the front-runner to replace Couric as anchor of the program.
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Harry Smith served as the interim anchor until Pelley's tenure started on June 6, like Couric before him, Smith would also depart from CBS a month later. CBS News also enjoyed increases in its audience for special news events. On May 29, , the media website, The Wrap, wrote: The show also saw audience growth for the fifth consecutive season, the first time any network evening news broadcast has done that since At the end of the — television season, CBS News announced, " The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley , America's fastest growing network evening news broadcast, finished the —16 television season with CBS's highest ratings in the time period in 10 years since the —06 season , according to Nielsen most current ratings.
The CBS Evening News has grown its audience for six consecutive seasons, a first-time achievement for any network evening news broadcast since the advent of people meters since at least Story selection has focused more on foreign policy, Washington politics, and economic subjects.
Pelley reportedly asked staff members to clear out his office. Anthony Mason became interim anchor effective June Unlike when Bob Schieffer served as interim anchor from to , Mason's name was not on the title of the program; it was just known as simply the CBS Evening News. The Sunday edition returned in January , when the network moved 60 Minutes one hour later to 7: From to the CBS Evening News was the only remaining network evening newscast that used separate anchors for its Saturday and Sunday editions NBC Nightly News previously used separate anchors for both weekend broadcasts until John Seigenthaler was appointed anchor of both the Saturday and Sunday editions in , while ABC's World News Tonight maintained separate anchors for its weekend editions until then Saturday anchor David Muir also assumed anchor duties on the program's Sunday edition in CBS News executive editor Steve Capus argued that "given the number of sports overruns and out-and-out pre-emptions, it would be better for us as a news organization to come up with what I think is a smarter, hour approach to covering the world, and making sure we've got all the bases covered.
CBS introduced a Western edition of the program in , which was anchored by Terry Drinkwater [65] with staff based in its Los Angeles bureau being placed on standby for updates to the main CBS Evening News broadcast each weeknight; this lasted until September , when CBS News instituted layoffs at the Los Angeles bureau following a successful fending off of a takeover attempt of the network by Ted Turner.
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Most stations such as KNX in Los Angeles and KYW in Philadelphia carry only the first thirteen to fifteen minutes of the broadcast, before resuming regular programming, with stations in the Pacific and Mountain Time Zones carrying it ahead of the program's broadcast on local CBS stations. In Australia, the program is shown daily on Sky News Australia at From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This section needs expansion.
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It was at the end of that first minute installment that Cronkite first uttered his famous tagline, "And that's the way it is.
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