the trinity...journalistically speaking: an addendum
On December 1, 2004, I wrote a post entitled "The Trinity...Journalistically Speaking". Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw had announced their retirement from their positions as evening anchors on CBS and NBC. In my post, I labeled Dan, Tom and Peter Jennings as the "Big Three".
This morning, the Three are two. Peter Jennings died from lung cancer yesterday. I am in shock. I knew he was ill but I didn't realize how seriously. To me, his death truly marks the end to an era.
I ended my original post with the statement: "Life marches on." And it does. Always marching.
This morning, the Three are two. Peter Jennings died from lung cancer yesterday. I am in shock. I knew he was ill but I didn't realize how seriously. To me, his death truly marks the end to an era.
I ended my original post with the statement: "Life marches on." And it does. Always marching.
posted by Jana at 9:38 AM
3 Comments:
I was shocked as well! I knew he was sick, but I didn't know it was that serious. Although I was never a big Peter Jennings fan, I'm sad because I don't remember a time when he wasn't on the news. My whole life, he was just always there. I feel old. Sad.
I guess I just assumed he would get better and always be there.
I am not a big fan of tv news--but I still respected Mr. Jennings.
May God comfort his family,
JB
That's the feeling I had when Chet Huntly died. When David Brinkly goes that'll "put a lid on it" for me. We have been Tom Brokaw fans our whole married life (24 years). We watched Tom so much that one day when Lauren was a little, little girl, she put her foot down ad said, "No more Tom Broken!" We had to laugh.:)...Love you kids!
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