When I was in Miami, President Carter was running for reëlection. I had interviewed Miss Lillian and the Carters’ sons when I was working in Columbus… - Donna Hanover

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When I was in Miami, President Carter was running for reëlection. I had interviewed Miss Lillian and the Carters’ sons when I was working in Columbus. There was going to be a press conference with him, and my news director assigned my male co-anchor to cover it. So I went to my news director and said, ‘Is there a reason why you asked Steve to do this?’ He didn’t even know he’d done it. I was, like, ‘I just want to make sure that you think about it the next time.’ ”