We're Going to Make you a Star
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We're Going to Make you a Star, is Sally Quinn's account of her time with the CBS Morning News. In this book Sally Quinn reveals much about the CBS failure. She reflects on her adolescence and how it, among other things, led to her failure as a television news anchor.
Sally Quinn grew up a general's daughter; she was acquainted with many diplomats and obtained a string of odd jobs around Washington, D.C. until she settled as a society reporter for the Washington Post. Quinn became notorious for her tough reviews. This is where the book begins but the real story is addressed after she is offered an anchor job for the CBS Morning News. She describes how reluctant she was about taking the job alongside Hughes Rudd and goes on to chronicles the failure of the show. Quinn claims no responsibility for being unprepared and blames CBS for all that went wrong during the short life of The CBS Morning News. Scattered among the accounts of the broadcasting field Quinn offers an account of her personal relationships with big names such as Fred Friendly and Walter Cronkite.
