How is this relevant?
Dickersonâs role on these shows is entertainer.
It is not very relevant - but
âDickerson, who also co-hosts the Slate âPolitical Gabfestâ podcast, took over âFace the Nationâ from veteran host Bob Schieffer in 2015.â
I hope he doesnât get too busy to do the podcast, it is one of my favorites and he is much more liberated in what he says in that format.
CBS, the same network whoâs chief said this is not going to use a whiz bang investigative reporter to ask anybody anything.
"It may not be good for America, but itâs damn good for CBS," Les Moonves said at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, according to The Hollywood Reporter
âMan, who would have expected the ride weâre all having right now? ⌠The moneyâs rolling in and this is fun,â Moonves went on. "Iâve never seen anything like this, and this going to be a very good year for us. Sorry. Itâs a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going.â
Vladimir Lenin sez: The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we shall hang them.
Apparently having two women hosts every morning is not enough for the network. Why not three women? They have to add a man for some dumb reason. I really canât see the addition of Dickerson being about demographics since the primary viewers of those a.m. shows are women. How much you wanna bet heâll end up getting paid more than the other two women currently hosting now. This kind of shit never changes because institutional bias in favor of male hosts seems to be a most difficult thing to dislodge from their rigid thinking.
John Dickerson To Take Charlie Roseâs Spot On âCBS This Morningâ
I knew his mother, Nancy Hanschman. She was CBSâs first female correspondent.
And she was good.
Later in life she won a Peabody for a documentary she made about the end of Nixonâs presidency.
Notice how they said he was taking Roseâs spot as if thatâs the designated male seat on the network. How many designated female seats do they have I wonder. Such farce. Not that I give a shit since I donât much watch those shows in the morning, but the explanation is dubious.
Well, even if youâre right, it could be that those women viewers like watching the interplay between male and female âhosts.â
Itâs just a thought. I have no idea what theyâre thinking, of course.
Itâs just that if things are to change, the first place to change them is in the media where public representation by women are at its most noticeable and empowering. Since you mention his mother, imagine how unusual that was for the times. I have to say, in the years since, its only improved marginally considering women are half of the population in this country. Representation in the media at the highest level is important. How many women do the evening news today on a regular basis for instance besides Judy Woodruff? How many are in charge as major network news executives? How has that remained so devoid of change over the years? And why is that?
Well, as I said, I donât actually have to imagine it, but youâre right.
And before she was the networkâs first female correspondent, she was a behind-the-scenes producer of, among other things, Face the Nation.
That is the key.
Shouldâve been Jeff Glor.
I remember Al Franken talking to Dickerson about this back in the Air America days. Pretty sure he also told Dickerson how hot his mom was, too, in so many words. No joke.