TV Week
John Dickerson says his mother, Nancy, was told when she got into the news business that women didn't have the authority to deliver the news. "One helpful male colleague explained to Mom that if she went on the air she'd be depriving a male of his salary and since she was single and the male correspondents had wives and children to support, she should really stop being so selfish." Dickerson writes: "The last barrier in television news has been broken. Almost. There's one more to go. The last barrier is whether
Katie Couric will be judged as a newsperson or as a woman. Will she be allowed the tantrums of her male colleagues or will she be labeled a diva the minute she has a bad day?"
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ABC veteran Roberts says Couric appointment "is a very big deal" (Inky)
