It’s hard to believe that I was only two when Peter Jennings became the anchor of ABC’s Nightly News. It was 1965, before the 60s began. Timothy Leary was still at Harvard, and Viet Nam was still an opportunity to thwart communism’s uholy advance. Jennings didn’t last long. Berated by critics as a pretty face, ABC demoted him to foreign correspondent in 1968. In London, Munich, Brussels, and other foreign capitals, Jennings paid his dues. He returned to a co-anchorship in 1978 and became the sole anchor in 1983.
Peter Jennings: RIP
Peter Jennings: RIP
Peter Jennings: RIP
It’s hard to believe that I was only two when Peter Jennings became the anchor of ABC’s Nightly News. It was 1965, before the 60s began. Timothy Leary was still at Harvard, and Viet Nam was still an opportunity to thwart communism’s uholy advance. Jennings didn’t last long. Berated by critics as a pretty face, ABC demoted him to foreign correspondent in 1968. In London, Munich, Brussels, and other foreign capitals, Jennings paid his dues. He returned to a co-anchorship in 1978 and became the sole anchor in 1983.