Readers react: Why movie stars still matter

Is at Sea Without a News Anchor" [June 17]. Mary McNamara's view of network TV news hit the bull's eye and what she decries is, unfortunately, the result of the 24/7 news cycle and the out-of-control rampage of "get-it-now" satellite-delivered shout-casters. My list of the great ones would have included Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, both of whom brought dignity to the screen (much as Walter Cronkite did) as well as NBC News' original glass ceiling-buster, Pauline Frederick. Mary McNamara's column about a lack of a national news anchor that people can trust and respect has been true for years. That's the reason I abandoned TV news long ago and replaced it with NPR news. For me and many others, it is the only broadcast news that we pay attention to. Here I thought the malice America is facing has to do with a never-ending war in Afghanistan, high unemployment, etc., but no, the problem facing American is a lack of a good talking head. McNamara's piece bemoaning trusted anchors of ...