CBS’ STAHL GETS A NEW BEAT
Lesley Stahl, a CBS White House correspondent since 1979, is leaving that beat to take a newly created position as the Washington-based national affairs correspondent for the “CBS Evening News,” CBS News announced.
Stahl has shared the prestigious White House assignment with correspondent Bill Plante since 1980, alternating weeks as the main “Evening News” reporter on presidential news. No replacement for Stahl was immediately named.
Stahl’s move will clearly identify Plante as CBS’ main presidential correspondent, similar to the way ABC’s Sam Donaldson and NBC’s Chris Wallace dominate the White House beat at the other networks.
Stahl will continue as anchor on CBS’ Sunday morning broadcast, “Face the Nation,” a job she assumed nearly three years ago.
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