Editing Connie Chung (section)

=== CBS ===
In 1989, Chung returned to CBS to host ''Saturday Night with Connie Chung'' (later renamed ''Face to Face with Connie Chung'') (1989–90) and anchor [[CBS Evening News|''CBS Sunday Evening News'']] (1989–1993). The former show was also planned to move to Mondays, but Chung's increasing health commitments and pregnancy led to the show being replaced by ''[[The Trials of Rosie O'Neill]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenfeld |first=Megan |date=July 31, 1990 |title=A PREGNANT PAUSE FOR CHUNG? |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/07/31/a-pregnant-pause-for-chung/0faaf6f0-16a4-4c81-bc1a-cde8e151d504/ |access-date=November 28, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> On June 1, 1993, she became the second woman (after [[Barbara Walters]] with [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1976) to co-anchor a major network's national weekday news broadcast.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Collins|first=Gail|date=May 21, 2011|title=Opinion {{!}} Katie Couric Moves On (Published 2011)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/opinion/21collins.html|access-date=November 16, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>{{Efn|[[Katie Couric]] would become the first woman to serve as the sole anchor of a major network's national weekday newscast in 2006, also at CBS.<ref>Sheila Weller, ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_News_Sorority/aXbZCwAAQBAJ?hl=en The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour--and the (ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News]'' (2015) pp. 93–110.</ref>|name=couric|group=}} While hosting the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'', Chung also hosted a side project on CBS, ''[[Eye to Eye with Connie Chung]]''. After her co-anchoring duties with [[Dan Rather]] ended in 1995, Chung left CBS. She eventually jumped to ABC News, where she co-hosted the Monday edition of ''[[20/20 (US television show)|20/20]]'' with [[Charles Gibson]] and began independent interviews.

==== Kathleen Gingrich interview ====
In an interview by Chung on ''Eye to Eye'' with Kathleen Gingrich on January 5, 1995, (mother of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician [[Newt Gingrich]]), Mrs. Gingrich said she could not say what her son thought about [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] [[Hillary Clinton]] on the air. Chung asked Mrs. Gingrich to "just whisper it to me, just between you and me"; Mrs. Gingrich's microphone volume was turned up as she replied, "He thinks she's a bitch".<ref>{{YouTube|vecw539MjWM|Newt Gingrich: Hillary "She's A Bitch"}}</ref> Many people interpreted Chung's suggestion to Mrs. Gingrich that she whisper her response as a promise that it would be [[Source (journalism)#Attribution|off the record]]. Bill Carter for ''The New York Times'' reported, "Ms. Chung had become the object of some of the most ferocious criticism, justified or not, ever directed at any network anchor as a result of her now infamous interview with Speaker Newt Gingrich's mother, Kathleen".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/22/us/the-empty-chair.html|title=The Empty Chair|newspaper=The New York Times| page=A-10|first=Bill|last=Carter|date=May 22, 1995}}</ref>  The interview was parodied on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/94/94j.phtml|title=SNL Transcripts: Jeff Daniels: 01/14/95|work=jt.org|access-date=January 28, 2017}}</ref>

==== Oklahoma City bombing interview ====
A few months later, in the wake of the April 1995 [[Oklahoma City bombing]], Chung was widely criticized for sarcasm as she asked an Oklahoma City Fire Department spokesman, "Can the Oklahoma City Fire Department handle ''this?''" Many Oklahomans felt the question was insensitive to the situation. A few women created "Bite Me, Connie Chung" shirts in response to the interview.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Huff |first1=Richard |title=Connie Chung Regrets Rescuer Remark |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/connie-regrets-rescuer-remark-article-1.681122 |website=New York Daily News |publisher=Daily News |access-date=October 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320010317/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/connie-regrets-rescuer-remark-article-1.681122 |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |date=April 29, 1995}}</ref> Thousands of viewers in Oklahoma and elsewhere called and wrote letters of protest over the tone of the questions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sutter |first1=Ellie |title=Connie Chung Upsets Students in El Reno |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1995/04/28/connie-chung-upsets-students-in-el-reno/62392703007/ |website=oklahoman.com |publisher=The Oklahoman |access-date=November 2, 2024 |date=April 28, 1995}}</ref> Moreover, co-anchor Dan Rather was irate that Chung was sent from New York to the assignment while he was already in nearby Texas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mink |first1=Eric |title=CBS Anchor Steams on Sidelines/Rather Out of Bombing Story |url=http://www.greensboro.com/cbs-anchor-steams-on-sidelines-rather-out-of-bombing-story/article_c6bb1415-146c-5c79-8283-9b13e29b03d1.html |access-date=November 2, 2024 |work=News & Record |publisher=New York Daily News |date=April 27, 1995}}</ref> Consequently, after public outcry, and Rather's complaints, Chung left the network after being removed as co-anchor of ''CBS Evening News''.