Harry reasoner biography barbara walters youtube

The first female evening newscaster -- We recount the tension between Barbara Walters and Harry Reasoner. For five years, most of them with Howard K. Smith at his side, Harry Reasoner sat in his anchor chair at ABC handing down good news and bad with the self- assurance of Mount Rushmore. But on April 20, , Rushmore registered a 6. That fall, as she took her seat next to Reasoner Howard K.

Smith had already assumed the role of commentator , she became the first woman ever to deliver the evening news from the main desk.

The first weeknight network newscast anchored by both Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters.

Rushmore was rattled. If Reasoner was tough on her, the rest of the media were downright rude — and more than a little sexist. Larry Flynt offered her another million if she would pose nude for Hustler. After two years of low ratings, Reasoner and Walters both left their desks in and the broadcast changed to a multianchor format.

But by then Walters had proved herself more than just a million-dollar baby. She had deftly moderated the final Ford-Carter debate in and had scored a coup by interviewing Fidel Castro the following year. Was she worth the first million? Use limited data to select advertising. Create profiles for personalised advertising.