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Reply #14: He was a hero to me. One of the last of the great non-corporate newsanchor/journalists. [View All]

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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 10:13 PM
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14. He was a hero to me. One of the last of the great non-corporate newsanchor/journalists.
I became a news-hound by the age of seven because of him. I remember when NBC Nightly News's kettle drum intro would sound, I would race excitedly to the TV and watch the day's events with my Dad. He gave the news a dignity and solemnity that doesn't exist anymore with the Fox News crapfest and its imitators...
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