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CBS Tries to Make the News New with a Woman Anchor

Maureen Corrigan considers the implications of the addition of the Asian American woman journalist Connie Chung as co-anchor with Dan Rather on the Evening News.

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Other segments from the episode on May 19, 1993

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 19, 1993: Interview with Arthur Alexander; Interview with Elizabeth Bartholet; Commentary on Connie Chung and the CBS Evening News.
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Songwriter Arthur Alexander Revisits His Early Work

A conversation with singer/songwriter Arthur Alexander, whose songs were recorded on early records by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. He was slated to tour with Otis Redding the week Redding died in a plane crash. Alexander's new album, "Lonely Just Like Me," is his first release in twenty years.

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A Personal Look at Foreign Adoptions

Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Bartholet, author of "Family Bonds: Adoption & the Politics of Parenting." In her book, Bartholet --the mother of two adopted Peruvian boys-- examines transracial, single and older-parent families, and challenges current societal priorities about parenting, adoption and infertility.

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Bianculli Picks The Best (And Worst) TV Of 2011.

Fresh Air's TV critic reveals his top 10 list of the year's best shows, from a political drama on Showtime to a "risky" comedy on ABC. Bianculli also reveals which shows are the worst to hit screens this year — including not one but two shows featuring Snooki.

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The He-Said, She-Said of an On-Air Divorce

Television critic David Bianculli gives his take on the dismissal of Connie Chung as the co-anchor of the CBS Evening News, and the role of the sole remaining host, Dan Rather.

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Journalist Walter Cronkite.

Journalist and former anchor of the CBS News, Walter Cronkite. Thirty years after Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech, Cronkite questions whether African-Americans choose to integrate into society or socialize primarily with each other. Cronkite's newest project "The Faltering Dream," questions whether integration is still a goal or if a "equal but separate" is a more appropriate approach to race relations. In "The Faltering Dream," Cronkite interviews notable black leaders including Reverend Jesse Jackson and Spike Lee.

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