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The Evening Stars tells it the way it was and the way it is. It is the first complete history of the network news anchor, covering John Cameron Swayze, Huntley and Brinkley, Cronkite, Reasoner, Walters, Smith, Chancellor, Mudd, Brokaw, and Rather. The Evening Stars takes us behind the balanced and often spectacular faรงade of the nightly broadcasts into the world of ambitions, intrigues, egos, false hopes, triumphs, and disasters that mark the careers of the most influential unelected individuals in the world today-the anchors.Numbering fewer than half a dozen at any given moment, the anchors can help elect presidents, sway Congress, tell us whether we are at peace or at war. With the lift of an eyebrow or a slight shift of emphasis they can disturb the minds of millions. Answerable to few, the anchors have the power to make us laugh or weep, become angry, proud, confused, concerned. And most have become multimillionaires. ISBN:9780395339688
