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SouthBayDem

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14. 90s kid here. My late mother would watch Jennings almost every night before dinner.

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 04:31 PM

Dec 16

I was a few weeks away from starting high school when Jennings died and remember feeling sad that he couldn't enjoy a dignified retirement.

By 2008 I first read the in-depth Wikipedia article about Jennings. That's when I truly appreciated what he'd done for journalism, especially his willingness to stand up against popular trends in media for example, pushing ABC to focus less on "infotainment" like OJ Simpson and more about substantive international news like the Bosnian War, so "World News Tonight" truly lived up to its name.

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I grew up watching ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. [View all] Tommy Carcetti Dec 16 OP

Yeah. I always liked Jennings' story--a really elegant man, but rose despite not having the hlthe2b Dec 16 #1

Money corrupts. As malaise would say: that is all. erronis Dec 16 #11

You're young. Sneederbunk Dec 16 #2

Gee, thanks for reminding me how old I really am. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 16 #3

How about the Huntley Brinkley Report? Or was that NBC? A HERETIC I AM Dec 16 #16

Salesmen for decency Bigerhalf Dec 16 #28

Such an amazing message hurl Dec 16 #30

I remember John Chancellor on NBC Seeking Serenity Dec 16 #31

Yes, he's badly missed. And ABC/Disney can go to hell. Dave Bowman Dec 16 #4

Peter Jennings was a prince of a man, he once interviewed on TV a good friend of mine about gun control. Probably Walleye Dec 16 #5

Like Edward R. Murrow, a victim of his own vices. Sneederbunk Dec 16 #6

He once did a national prime time TV report on smoking underpants Dec 16 #8

Jennings had quit for a number of years, but the stress of reporting on 9/11 got him started again. A HERETIC I AM Dec 16 #19

My Middle East university professor Sequoia Dec 16 #20

you took the words right out of my mouth.......... Takket Dec 16 #7

"Hi..ABC..I'm a powerful Republican and I think " ...."Ah YES SIR..We'll get right on it!" chouchou Dec 16 #9

The integrity of those days are long gone. republianmushroom Dec 16 #10

I grew up watching Walter Cronkite on CBS. I still remember the look on his face when he tallied about Ping Tung Dec 16 #12

I doubt he'd be too troubled by it... 2naSalit Dec 16 #13

90s kid here. My late mother would watch Jennings almost every night before dinner. SouthBayDem Dec 16 #14

George Stephanopolus Dwild Dec 16 #15

Mainstream media is Quanto Magnus Dec 16 #17

Me too. I watched him on 9/11. milestogo Dec 16 #18

Main stream media is corporate media. And that makes them untrustworthy. BadgerMom Dec 16 #21

Now part of Disney IbogaProject Dec 16 #22

Peter Jennings, Max Robinson, and Frank Reynolds (the latter my mother called "turkey neck" ) BumRushDaShow Dec 16 #23

My dad died in 1967 one day before Grammy23 Dec 16 #24

The way I see it. The decline in network news began in the aftermath of Uncle Joe Dec 16 #25

Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings Gingermolly Dec 16 #26

I grew up with Walter Cronkite wryter2000 Dec 16 #27

I had a 9' satellite dish when I was a kid. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 16 #29

And Ted Koppel for Nightline. Also (died too young) Frank Reynolds. electric_blue68 Dec 16 #32