SHORT TAKES : No ‘Nightly News,’ Pauley Says
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CHICAGO —
Former “Today” show co-host Jane Pauley says she’s not a candidate to be co-anchor of the NBC “Nightly News” with Tom Brokaw.
Pauley, whose program “Real Life with Jane Pauley” made its debut Tuesday night on NBC, said NBC News President Michael Gartner has never asked her to be co-anchor, “and Tom Brokaw has never said, ‘Jane, pull up a chair.’ ”
“I feel obligated to say even if I was asked, I couldn’t do it,” she said.
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