[BC] Frank Stanton is dead

Scott Fybush scott
Mon Dec 25 17:37:10 CST 2006


> According to the run-down sheet, as of now, the Dr. Frank Stanton obit
> story
> will be about 6:50 PM,  EST,  after the second commercial break, and about
> 25 seconds long.
>
> The James Brown story DOES come first, sometime after the first commercial
> break, I think.

I'd certainly put Brown before Stanton if I were stacking the show
tonight, too. But...just 25 seconds, especially on a slow news day, for
the man who arguably did more than anyone to ensure that there even IS
such a thing as the "CBS Evening News"? Good heavens...

> It's Russ Mitchell doing the Evening News tonight.

So it's in good hands, at least.

Thanks for checking in with the update, Bruce!




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