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News anchors Carry Nation Through After Terror Attacks
Dan Rather and colleagues in Brokaw and Jennings led nonstop World Trade Center and Pentagon coverage from Tuesday through Saturday, becoming national comfort figures as viewers sought context and reassurance. They faced emotional strain, with Rather breaking down on air and all three anchors drawing both praise and criticism for their coverage and pauses.
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New York
Dan Rather
World Trade Center
David Letterman
Rather
CBS
America
Tom Brokaw
Peter Jennings
Pentagon
Robert Thompson
Center For the Study of Popular Television
Syracuse University
NBC
Brokaw
Dan
Joseph Angotti
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
ABC
Jennings
Bush
Washington
Ann Compton
ABC News
Angotti
Letterman
Nixon