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Mrs. Rubin leaves 60 minutes

Christiane Amanpour is leaving "60 minutes." This is the type of story that I usually ignore. Certainly not blog about it. But what got me was the end of the article:

"60 Minutes" is television's first and still most-popular newsmagazine, and an on-air role is such a golden gig that leaving one is like quitting the Rolling Stones. The last correspondent to leave "60 Minutes" was Meredith Vieira in 1991.

Never mind that Bill Wyman left the Rolling Stones and is quite happy. Meredith Viera did not leave on her own. She was forced out when she got pregnant in a pretty apparent case of sexual discrimination.

Posted by SoccerDad at May 13, 2005 6:31 AM