Chattanooga Times Free Press

Margaret Brennan chosen to anchor ‘Face the Nation’

- BY DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK — In appointing Margaret Brennan as moderator of “Face the Nation” on Thursday, CBS News gets the first person with day-to-day experience covering the Trump administra­tion as host of a Sunday morning political talk show.

Brennan, 37, replaces John Dickerson and will start Sunday. Dickerson recently moved to New York to become one of the three anchors of “CBS This Morning.”

Brennan, in an interview, said the Sunday political shows are an increasing­ly important forum for lending perspectiv­e at a time the news cycle moves so quickly for journalist­s and viewers.

“To be able to step back and give some perspectiv­e is value-added,” she said.

Brennan has been a panelist on “Face the Nation” and filled in as moderator since Dickerson’s exit, along with Nancy Cordes and Major Garrett. She’s currently a White House and foreign affairs correspond­ent for CBS, and interviewe­d Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on “60 Minutes” this past Sunday.

She’ll exit the White House for her new job, but leaves with a perspectiv­e on how it operates and tries to get things done that may be an advantage over her rivals. “It’s not a White House that mimics any other,” she said.

Mary Hager, executive producer of “Face the Nation,” cited Brennan’s “ability to ask newsmakers tough but fair questions in a deft and respectful manner, her sharp news instincts and her tremendous ability to make complicate­d subjects understand­able” as strengths.

Brennan worked at Bloomberg News and CNBC before joining CBS in 2012.

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