Steve MacDonald Leaves KTUU-TV

Watching news anchors and news directors on their TV news segments gives one less of an idea about how they think, than when they appear on panels, or on somebody else's program. A good listen to Steve MacDonald is last Friday's chapter of Anchorage KAKM-TV's public broadcasting show, Anchorage Edition. Comparing MacDonald's comments and observations to those of Paul Jenkins, for instance, leaves me with a feeling of MacDonald's humanity.

I watched MacDonald interview people like Diane Benson over the past four years. I appreciated that he fully treated her as a viable contender, in both the 2006 and 2008 races, something the Democratic Party was less willing to do.

Here's my favorite picture of McDonald that I have taken. He was quipping back and forth with Diane Benson in September 2007, as she addressed an envelope containing an ethics complaint against U.S. Congressman, Don Young: