Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fifteen-year-old high school sophomore Kara Monetti was home in Cherry Hill, nursing a cold and watching TV on Dec. 21, 1988, when ABC News anchor Peter Jennings broke in with a special report: Pan Am Flight 103 was missing.
I'm Gina Smith (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Like we ever doubted it! For instance, I once met President Clinton. So I'm two degrees from any number of world leaders. I worked on Good Morning America and for Peter Jennings, which put me two degrees away from lots...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
In New York City, celebrity sightings happen on street corners and even on street signs. You can play a tune on Duke Ellington Boulevard or read the headlines on Peter Jennings Way. In Champaign Illinois, you can rock out on REO Speedwagon Way, and in Augusta, Georgia, you can find your soul on James Brown [...]
The Frontal Cortex (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
I was on The Takeaway this morning talking about irrational voters, Peter Jennings and why trying to multi-task is like running Microsoft Vista on an old computer. Read the comments on this post...
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
the late Peter Jennings on food as fuel TreeHugger complains often about food as fuel, but what about if it really is exactly that? If you use your car for business purposes, then fuel can be a legitimate deductible expense, so what if you use your bike? We looked at this three years ago , but with more people cycling longer distances for work, we raise the issue again. According t...
Later On (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
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The New Liturgical Movement (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
[From the Catholic Herald] By Peter Jennings 18 July 2008 The Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints has requested that the body of the Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman be exhumed from his grave and placed in the Birmingham Oratory to prepare for his beatification. The Newman Cause is now far advanced in Rome and it is anticipated that Pope Benedict XVI will issue a decree declaring the...
Rising Hegemon (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
And still, he whines , like the typical Republican that he is: “I assumed there was a fraternity of broadcasting guys in New York,” he told me. “I thought my success would launch me into a circle of accomplished people. Look, I admired these people. Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather — people watched these guys. I thought they would welcome me as one of them. I was wrong.” (In the immortal words...
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Mediacrit.com The breakdown, based on story times from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, of the first full day of evening news coverage for Tim Russert and Peter Jennings : 1 hour, 17 minutes, 20 seconds for the NBC newsman, and 1:01:40 for the ABC anchor. "The results are interesting, given that Jennings had a much longer on-air career, and that he anchored five days a week, compared to Russert's...
Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Did the media overhype Tim Russert's death ? Only if you live in cave would you think his death hadn't been reviewed to death. Peter Jennings, who was probably better known than Russert, didn't get anywhere near the coverage when he tragically died of cancer. NBC even gets Russert's son, Luke, in on the action: He and his mom are doing the best they can under the circumstances. _____
Sundries (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
NBC journalist , and one of the most respected journalists in America, Tim Russert , is dead today of a heart attack . He was 58. In terms of unexpected shock value, this outdoes the passing of Frank Reynolds (predecessor of Peter Jennings ), and Charles Kuralt -- perhaps only trumped by the death of the self-same Peter Jennings, of throat cancer. Journalists being struck down, either by infirmity...
Sin City (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
“Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters.” -Peter Jennings (Voiceover from the TV set: Welcome to Morning in America! Here’s your host, Bobbin Dobberts!) Yeah, it’s time for the morning news again… and I’m channeling my feminine side just so I can get a decent grasp on the format. And right off the bat, yes, the tornado [...]
The American Street (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Sorry, Diane. This year, both campaigns want to deliver their views without getting filtered by pop-journalists from bubblegum media outlets. I’ll admit I’m surprised that McSame rejected the offer, since ABC News has been an increasingly GOP-friendly venue since Peter Jennings died. Maybe McSame’s just intimidated because Bloomberg was involved. (It’s common to abusers of women: they shy away from...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Source: [b]ESPN[/b] Live reports. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story'id=3430672 [hr noshade size="1"] McKay was a respected sportscaster when the kidnappings happened at the Munich Olympics. His reporting brought him and the ABC team (which included Peter Jennings,IIRC) world-wi...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Journos mentioned in Scott McClellan 's new book, "What Happened:" Mike Allen , Peter Baker , Dana Bash , Tom Brokaw , Carl Cameron , Ann Compton , Matthew Cooper , John Dickerson , Michael Duffy , David Gregory , Seymour Hersh , Terry Hunt , Michael Isikoff , Peter Jennings , Ted Koppel , Nicolas Kristof , Howard Kurtz , Chris Matthews , Judith Miller , Andrea Mitchell , Terry Moran , Robert Novak...
