Top anchors in Louisiana, RNC scales back

Cory Bergman August 31st, 2008

As you might expect, the networks have sent their top anchors to Gustav, and the Republican National Convention has significantly scaled back on its first night. “It’s kind of a no-brainer,” Kate O’Brian, ABC’s senior vice president, said of the decision to send Charlie Gibson to New Orleans. “Charlie goes where the big news is…. I don’t think it’s going to be looked at as a fairness issue when the Republicans are making the same decisions we are.”