Jan. 13, 2005

Paula Francis Does Too Have a Viewer!

In an As We See It piece last week, about encountering a fundamentalist preacher on the Strip during New Year's Eve, Steve Friess made a throwaway quip about KLAS Channel 8 anchor Paula Francis:

While I find most writers in the Weekly to be intellectually stimulating, I take exception to a statement by Steve Friess. "Even a nutcase from Bellingham knows that nobody watches Paula Francis anymore."

Is that off the top of his head, or has he actually read the statistics? I watch her all the time, and on seeing her perform as a moderator, I admired her all the more. She is a consummate professional. Who does he like—Rikki Cheese, perhaps? As for comments [on the letters page] about the cover being less racy, it's a welcome change.

Betty Ann Kahn  

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