# How did Brokaw report on his letter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 23, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-brokaw-report-on-his-letter/89037 "2001-10-23T05:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-brokaw-report-on-his-letter/89037/1 "2001-10-23T05:39:58Z")
It would seem a little odd to say, “Today in the news, terrorists sent me a letter…” How did he report on this issue, that day and following it up in the days after? ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-brokaw-report-on-his-letter/89037/2 "2001-10-23T09:29:42Z")
Since no one has answered this yet, I’ll tell what I remembered. I’m really paraphrasing, but the show opening went something like this: “We are in the unhappy position of reporting that a member of my staff has been exposed to anthrax. Her full recovery is expected.” He went on to say that they’re reporting from a different location due to the contamination. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-brokaw-report-on-his-letter/89037/3 "2001-10-23T14:39:32Z")
Oddly enough, this is one of the few times I watched Brokaw in the last few years. He mentioned some personal feelings at the end of the show, about how she was a strong individual… and that the words he had for the perpetrators were not “socially acceptable”.