Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UCS!HOCHSTED From: hochsted@UCS.INDIANA.EDU Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet Subject: andy rooney Message-ID: <9002122040.AA02137@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Date: 12 Feb 90 20:13:00 GMT Sender: Gaynet Distribution List Reply-To: gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Lines: 15 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-To: gaynet i must say i think that CBS would not be wrong in firing rooney. as someone already said, he is a representative of a very serious news program, and with that position comes very important responsibilities. anyone in that profession knows that, and if he's not willing to take those responsibilities he should find another job. btw--mike wallace made a flowery speech about it last night, and ending by saying how much he was looking forward to andy's return. makes me wonder if, even though he said such statements "could not have been made on 60 minutes", he may believe them to be true also. just "food for thought". --doug