Anchor Steps Down

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32657744/ns/entertainment-television/

This article talks about how Charles Gibson will be stepping down as the anchor of "World News" on ABC. He has been there for 35 years and has told us he will still be contributing in some ways. Diane Sawyer is the one who will be taking his spot. She has been a newscaster and has been recording many documents on poverty throughout the last year. Charles said he was planning on stepping down in 2007, but as things came up he kept staying. A change is good though and Charles Gibson said so in an email "The program is now operating at a very accelerated, but steady, cruising speed and I think it is an opportune time for a transition — both for the broadcast and for me, life is dynamic; it is not static."

I think that it is a very big loss for ABC and their staff, but change has to come. I think it will give viewers a different perspective as they switch from a male to a female. Even though they are close in age at ages 66 and 63, Gibson being older, it will add something different. All people have different attributes and skills they bring to the table. Diane Sawyer is very qualified and should do a great job, filling in for Gibson. I think ABC will hire a male anchor, because now 3 out of the 4 they have are female, and i think they will have to even things up a bit. We will miss Gibson and the fine job he has done, but know Sawyer will fill in just perfectly!