R.I.P., Peter Jennings
Aug. 8th, 2005 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penfieldI echo noasylumhere, and add:
He was my favorite of the Big Three, more charming than Tom Brokaw and less alien than Dan Rather. I rarely ever watch television news anymore, but on important occasions -- like when I sat petrified in my apartment on September 11, 2001 -- I always tuned to ABC because I knew Peter Jennings would be like the doctor who could give you a painful shot without it hurting too much.
He was a Canadian, of course. Did you know that? But I consider him, if I may, to be an honorary American. And anyway, his work helped to make the world a little bit smaller. And a little bit smarter. And a little bit sadder, with his passing, but brave enough to go on.
He was my favorite of the Big Three, more charming than Tom Brokaw and less alien than Dan Rather. I rarely ever watch television news anymore, but on important occasions -- like when I sat petrified in my apartment on September 11, 2001 -- I always tuned to ABC because I knew Peter Jennings would be like the doctor who could give you a painful shot without it hurting too much.
He was a Canadian, of course. Did you know that? But I consider him, if I may, to be an honorary American. And anyway, his work helped to make the world a little bit smaller. And a little bit smarter. And a little bit sadder, with his passing, but brave enough to go on.
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Slow news day?
Date: 2005-08-09 01:59 am (UTC)For sure I've never seen or heard the word "urbane" used so frequently than today in referring to Peter Jennings. May I also offer these following options from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus: suave; debonair; smooth; sophisticated. And may I submit; "jennings."