K-Lo, that sentence is just flat inaccurate. When I came to the media criticism biz in 1989, Maria Shriver was the weekend anchor at NBC, and Carole Simpson long held down the weekend fort at ABC. They ought to at least say “first to fly solo on weeknights, solo, on a permanent basis.” But that would take the hype out of it. Right now, Elizabeth Vargas is flying solo many nights, but since the ABC PR department says Bob Woodruff is technically still a co-anchor, that doesn’t count. What they mean is “first woman to be seen as an Anchor of Ratheresque Proportions.” A biased anchor-god(dess). She should be so proud…
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