Who anchors the internet
August 13, 2005
OBSERVING THE DEATH of ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, Bob Garfield in the Philadelphia Inquirer observes, "Too much has been made of 'the end of the anchor era,' There will always be anchors. Audiences demand the authority, stature, and celebrity that anchors confer to the reporting of what now passes for network news.
"In fact, when all our news is delivered via the Internet--which will be in about five minutes--there will be anchors doing that, too."
Peter M. Zollman -- "Who Will Anchor the Internet News?" (Recommended reading for < a href=http://www.technorati.com/tag/irishblogs rel="tag">Irishblogs