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Dan Rather set to retire in March

Who will replace him? I have an answer:

For a brief time in 1999 a legendary co-anchorship existed on ABC's late night news broadcast World News Now. The show aired at 2am, so most Americans slept straight through this magical moment in journalism history. With the departure of Dan Rather, it's time to reunite the dream team!

Every night was filled with antics...here are just a couple:

"Across the U.S. rationing measures have been imposed due to a
shortage of those
over-the-shoulder boxes used on TV news," Cooper said
straight-faced. "The
shoulder boxes are typically used as a graphic reminder
of whatever story is
being read by the news anchor at the time. Network and
local news shows
typically use as many as a dozen per half-hour. The
shortage is being blamed on
24-hour news channels, possibly MSNBC...
"Thankfully, camera turns remain
plentiful," Cooper said as he made an
exaggerated turn from one camera to
another. Anchor Juju Chang could be
heard laughing in the background.

and...

Barkes, a computer systems consultant in database publishing, sent a videotape of himself offering commentary to "World News Now" for the show's viewer feedback segment. Not only did they play the tape, but they invited him on the show when producers learned he was in New York on business. Chang even asked him to read the weather off a TelePrompTer.

Here's a testimonial:

[I]'ve never been more entertained, on a regular basis, watching a newscast than
back in the day (must have been, what, 5 or 6 years ago now? more?) when
Anderson Cooper and Juju Chang anchored World News Now in the
super-early morning.
Since their respective departures, ABC has made
pathetic attempts to interject the same energy into this newscast, and has
failed.... -- TBall, July 3, 2004

You must be asking yourself what you can do to help. Simply follow this link and tell the good folks at CBS to hire Juju and Anderson!

For more complete coverage on the life and times of Juju & Anderson read this article.