Certainly, tone of voice is important in an anchor, as is a non-ingratiating manner, which is why my attitude, at the risk of sounding uncharitable, is Anybody but Mesley!  (Though she wasn't mentioned in the article so perhaps she is not in the running anyway).   And as much as I like Rosemary Barton as a first-rate interviewer, her jocularity and "mischievousness" have no place in a newscast (or anywhere else, for that matter).  Chang, Hanomansing, Swain, or Hiscox would all make excellent choices.

And please, Mr. Doyle--enough already with the puerile "Pastor Mansbridge" gibe.  It was lame from the first time you used it, and it really is getting old.

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