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November 20, 2000
CABLE WORLD STAFF
Last Campaign for CNN's Shaw Come Election Day 2004, CNN's Bernard Shaw doesn't expect to be anywhere near an anchor desk.
The CNN veteran announced plans to retire after years as one of the best-known faces in cable news. By the time the next campaign rolls around, "I should've done the autobiography or memoirs by then and other writing projects," he says. "But I don't expect to be on anyone's air."
Shaw doesn't see video-on-demand affecting the future news landscape, but it will make news personnel more conscious of getting material into the system as quickly as possible.
"I don't see how we could improve measurably on that now because we turn material around very quickly," he says.
Now, CNN is the established network under heavy siege by upstarts Fox News Channel and MSNBC. Shaw can remember the days when CNN was a fledgling service ignored by major institutions.
He won't forget the day CNN sued the White House.
"We were fighting and flailing for legitimacy and acceptance because we were excluded from the White House pool by the other networks," he recalls. "It was a milestone in our evolution, but it was very odd to have to sue the White House and the other networks."
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