Margaret Brennan returns as moderator of CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday after a two-month maternity leave that gave her greater perspective on how viewers take in information delivered via television news.
Brennan watched the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination hearings in September with her infant son at her side. But she also unplugged from the hyperactive D.C. news cycle after giving birth to Eamon Brennan Yakub on Sept. 11. Following the volatile Kavanaugh story only through news coverage, rather than her own reporting, gave her a better sense of how viewers receive the broadcasts assembled by CBS News and other outlets.
“Sitting and watching the Kavanaugh hearings while breast-feeding my son, and watching them as someone not participating in the coverage — you get a different sense of things,” Brennan told Variety. “When you’re able to step back and see the big picture and not necessarily know all the...
Brennan watched the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination hearings in September with her infant son at her side. But she also unplugged from the hyperactive D.C. news cycle after giving birth to Eamon Brennan Yakub on Sept. 11. Following the volatile Kavanaugh story only through news coverage, rather than her own reporting, gave her a better sense of how viewers receive the broadcasts assembled by CBS News and other outlets.
“Sitting and watching the Kavanaugh hearings while breast-feeding my son, and watching them as someone not participating in the coverage — you get a different sense of things,” Brennan told Variety. “When you’re able to step back and see the big picture and not necessarily know all the...
- 11/10/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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