Monday, May 07, 2007

News: Top News Anchors

The three broadcast network news anchors - Charles Gibson of ABC News, Katie Couric of CBS News, and Brian Williams of NBC News - are known by over three-quarters of Americans, according to a new Gallup poll. Collectively, they are rating less positively by Republicans than Democrats.

Of the three anchors, Couric has the most negative rating.

Poll highlights include:

* 35% of Americans say they watch the nightly network news programs "every day" while another 16% say they watch several times each week. Only 19% say they never watch the evening news.
* 62% percent of Americans have positive opinion of Charles Gibson while 16% have a negative
opinion.
* Brian Williams' ratings are similar to Gibson's, with 59% of Americans rating him positively and
18% negatively.
* For Katie Couric, 51% rate her positively while 33% rated her negatively.

Read the entire analysis at: Click Here

Courtesy: Gallup Poll