The fuss is that she is a change from the old institutions of the news. A lot of the old 'network' conventions are dying. One of the last bastions was the nightly news.
For some reason the ABC, CBS, NBC can't seem to understand that cable's changed the rules of the game. That is why they continue losing market share.
It's just the old timers remembering Chronkite and some of the nastalgia.
