Msr. Schorr, R.I.P.

Any regular listener of National Public Radio knows the voice. The slightly garbled, muffled semi-growl of longtime journalist Daniel Schorr. His segments were always fascinating, his editorials always prompting food for thought. My favorite piece was his reminiscence of the early 1970s, as he was reporting on the Nixon White House. That administration issued a list of "troublemakers" in the media, and Schorr was assigned to read that list on the air. He had not seen the list beforehand, and was quite stunned to find his own name there. His latter day commentary on this was revealing. He will be missed.

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