T.V. News Needs More People Like Him
CNN has a deal with Bob Costas where the latter guest hosts for Larry King. Why Costas is guest hosting for the dinosaur and not the other way around is a mystery in itself. King reminds me of one of those old college professors who maintains a faculty position simply because he has become a fixture on campus. Anyway, after reading this, I'm convinced that one of the news channels must hire Costas:
Costas, hired by CNN as an occasional fill-in on "Larry King Live," refused to anchor Thursday�s show because it was primarily about the Alabama teenager who went missing in Aruba. Chris Pixley filled in at the last minute.Bless him--if only more TV news hosts had the integrity to take such a stand. America would be a better place because of it."I didn�t think the subject matter of Thursday�s show was the kind of broadcast I should be doing," Costas said in a statement. "I suggested some alternatives but the producers preferred the topics they had chosen. I was fine with that, and respectfully declined to participate."







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