[Mb-civic] Weighing Anchors

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WEIGHING ANCHORS

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Weighing Anchors 
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November 24 2004

Once, news anchors were not only the public faces of their networks but also trusted icons, to the point that Sweden's television anchors were dubbed "Kronkiters" after the fatherly CBS newsman. Tuesday's announcement that Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite's successor at CBS, is departing is further evidence of how far anchors have fallen. 

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