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patrioticliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 11:44 PM
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R.I.P. Peter Jennings
The only anchor I really liked to be honest (besides Amy Goodman, of course).
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 11:53 PM
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1. He was always my favorite...
even after abc started following the other "administration propagandists." Jennings always managed to slip something in that let you knew what he thought. The intellect, professionalism, and integrity shown through. Canada lost him some time ago to us Yanks... Now we mourn together. RIP, my friend.



Another one lost to those damned cancer sticks....:cry:
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-05 11:57 PM
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2. A Legend Passes: Peter Jennings Dies at 67
I stopped watching TV news quite a few years ago, but if I opted to turn it on, it was Peter Jennings who I turned to. Who can forget the endless hours after 9/11 that Peter Jennings was there “offering a soothing sense of continuity during a troubled time.”

“There are a lot of people who think our job is to reassure the public every night that their home, their community and their nation is safe,” he told author Jeff Alan. “I don’t subscribe to that at all. I subscribe to leaving people with essentially — sorry it’s a cliche — a rough draft of history. Some days it’s reassuring, some days it’s absolutely

MORE - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=174
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rumpel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 12:23 AM
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3. Good Night, Peter Jennings. RIP
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meppie-meppie not Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 01:12 AM
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4. you don't know how my heart is braking....
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