Aaron Brown, news anchor who helped CNN viewers through Sept. 11 attacks, dies at 76
LA TimesFormer news anchor Aaron Brown in CNN’s New York studios in October 2001. Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, has died. His career in TV began in Seattle before he was named the founding anchor of ABC’s “World News Now.” He also anchored “ABC’s World News Tonight Saturday” and was a reporter for “World News Tonight With Peter Jennings,” “Nightline” and other ABC News programs. Brown’s quirky, cerebral 10 p.m. CNN newscast “NewsNight” had a following with fans who enjoyed his commentaries and “The Whip,” a quick review of top international stories, but he lost ratings ground to Greta Van Susteren of Fox News. Looking back at this time at CNN, Brown said he was confronted by the challenge of doing serious journalism while also being in a “very ratings-driven environment.” “I don’t want to get into the business of indicting cable TV, but some of what went on was just television, not journalism,” he told the Associated Press in 2008.
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