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hlthe2b

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2. Yeah.. That generation of on-air reporters, anchors and investigative journalists is leaving fast...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Mar 9, 2021, 04:14 PM

Mar 2021

I hope they were able to impart some of their own lessons to those coming up now, who dearly need role models unassociated with the Fox-type ilk.

RIP, Mr. Mudd.

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Roger Mudd, probing TV journalist and network news anchor, dies at 93 [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 OP

I remember him... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #1

Yeah.. That generation of on-air reporters, anchors and investigative journalists is leaving fast... hlthe2b Mar 2021 #2

BTW, he was not related to Samuel Mudd, who conspired w/John Wilkes Booth in Lincoln's assassination PSPS Mar 2021 #3

What we really want to know is he whistler162 Mar 2021 #8

I bet he was! FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #10

Distantly related: scipan Mar 2021 #19

My post was a paraphrase of what Roger Mudd would sometimes quip. PSPS Mar 2021 #21

He was one of my favorites. Aristus Mar 2021 #4

RIP Roger. mobeau69 Mar 2021 #6

Walter Cronkite was and will always be my fave BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #7

Our household was tuned to CBS for the news Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 2021 #9

He was completely civilized, professional, not self-absorbed, respectful of his profession. Judi Lynn Mar 2021 #13

I just saw the tweet. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 #5

AMerican democracy today sufferes FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #11

May he Rest in Peace and His Memory Be a Blessing. nt iluvtennis Mar 2021 #12

R.I.P. I always enjoyed his perspective. sinkingfeeling Mar 2021 #14

... littlemissmartypants Mar 2021 #15

His voice will echo in my head until I die Faygo Kid Mar 2021 #16

RIP for a great broadcast journalist. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2021 #17

Clip from the last "Brokaw/Mudd" NBC Nightly News, 8/12/83 SouthBayDem Mar 2021 #18

Godspeed Roger Tommymac Mar 2021 #20

This is really sad turbinetree Mar 2021 #22

Knew nothing of the Kennedy interview Jimbo S Mar 2021 #23