been on top ever since. but it s hard to miss the fact they re devoting less time to traditional news and much more time to murder and kidnapping and consumer stories that are just plain scary. on alert, the hunt for a tiger on the loose. hundreds of police and helicopters searching for the big cat. the shocking story of a young woman suing her estranged parents for college tuition. we dwin with that shocking invasion, two lawyers charged with stabbing and seriously injuring a virginia couple in a savage attack. coming up, a dramatic 911 call as the family pursues their stolen iphone. police are tracking the phones. this is a warning for everybody. joining me now for the z block, david zurich. america has voted based on ratings. that is a winning formula. it is. it s interesting to see george and robin, i think two of the smartest people on network news so comfortable. at first i thought this is
dan rather, you can read that but we re going to do someone else do the story. kids are not watching the evening news. they ve got to figure out a way to parcel all of this so they get the next generation. this is an attempt to start changing that model. not go ahead, z. no, not to totally disagree with that, but i thinkç there an element of what holly is suggesting here, a shrinking of the network news anchor. this is not the stature of the generation, of your generation of anchors and network news people. and it isn t just audience news erosion. i think it s the way the networks have compromised, particularly in coverage, the cable platforms. even though people ridicule them, there s still an important
time for the z block. i spoke earlier with david zurwick and here in the studio long time abc korpt correspondent lynn share, author of the new book sally ride first woman in space. we ve just gone seemingly overnight from two female network anchors to three white men again. is that a problem? i don t think it is. i think what s happened in this two generations since those of us who were kicking in a lot of doors got there in the 70s is that women have been trusted, accepted, they re serious reporters. nothing left to prove? i won t say there s nothing left to prove. i will say that it s taken that long, but we go from being seen as belonging in the kitchen and the bedroom to being in the board rooms and the anchor booths. so no, it s not over, but this part of it is over. this phase of it is definitely over. david, diane sawyer obviously
dan rather, you can read that but we re going to do someone else do the story. kids are not watching the evening news. they ve got to figure out a way to parcel all of this so they get the next generation. this is an attempt to start changing that model. not go ahead, z. no, not to totally disagree with that, but i thinkç there an element of what holly is suggesting here, a shrinking of the network news anchor. this is not the stature of the generation, of your generation of anchors and network news people. and it isn t just audience news erosion. i think it s the way the networks have compromised, particularly in coverage, the cable platforms. even though people ridicule them, there s still an important
time for the z block. i spoke earlier with david zurwick and here in the studio long time abc korpt correspondent lynn share, author of the new book sally ride first woman in space. we ve just gone seemingly overnight from two female network anchors to three white men again. is that a problem? i don t think it is. i think what s happened in this two generations since those of us who were kicking in a lot of doors got there in the 70s is that women have been trusted, accepted, they re serious reporters. nothing left to prove? i won t say there s nothing left to prove. i will say that it s taken that long, but we go from being seen as belonging in the kitchen and the bedroom to being in the board rooms and the anchor booths. so no, it s not over, but this part of it is over. this phase of it is definitely over. david, diane sawyer obviously