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“No one wants a tombstone that reads ‘Here lies the guy who killed the evening news,’” said Jonathan Wald, a veteran producer who worked with Brokaw on “NBC Nightly News.”

“You can’t listen to the chattering classes,” said Wald.

“He’ll be a great steward for what ‘Nightly’ is now and maybe even extend its lifespan by injecting some youth,” said Wald.

In questioning, Hancock said he acted with "impeccable behaviour" at the time, and accused the inquiry's chief counsel Richard Wald KC of cherry-picking a "couple of messages" that have the "most tabloid interest".

So he called me up way in advance in 2019 and said, “Hey, I think I’m going to make this film about Bob Dylan. I’m not ready to share the script with you, but you should read the book ‘Dylan Goes Electric!’ by Elijah Wald — that what the script will be inspired by.”