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Peter Jennings is the son of Charles Jennings , a leading journalist for CBC in Canada.

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Jennings replaced Frank Reynolds after his unexpected death. The president of ABC News first chose Tom Brokaw, NBC's White House Correspondent, to take the top job as main news anchor. However, he turned down the offer and took over as sole anchor on the NBC Nightly NewsNBC Nightly News is the flagship US evening news program on NBC. The program succeeded the Huntley-Brinkley Report upon the retirement of Chet Huntley in 1970. At first, a troika of anchors, John Chancellor, Frank McGee, and David Brinkley presented the n. Jennings was then selected, starting on September 5September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). There are 117 days remaining. Events 1666 Great Fire of London ended: A large fire in London burns out after three days. 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral were destroyed, but on, 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu, and has become a very influential TV personality.

Jennings is sometimes accused of "liberal bias" by certain right-wing groups, such as the Media Research CenterThe Media Research Center founded in 1987 by L. Brent Bozell III, is an organization that documents what claims is is widespread liberal media bias in the American press. See also PR Watch, Media Matters for America. External links ..[1] However, supporters of Jennings contend that most critical reports of him consist of inaccuracies and/or out-of-context quotes. One critic is former ABC News reporter Peter Collins, who alleges that Jennings rewrote his piece on the 10th anniversary of the Sandinistas to make the account more favorable to the Sandinistas.