Peter Jennings Dies At 67

According to the Associated Press, Peter Jennings said the following to author Jeff Alan:

"I subscribe to leaving people with essentially — sorry, it's a cliche — a rough draft of history. Some days it's reasssuring, some days it's absolutely destructive."

It's depressing, but modern TV news programs strike me as only bookends for advertisements. It's sad that offering actual 'rough drafts of history' is less common in today's television media, and most of this 'news' is styled to suit viewer politics and shallow interests (Fox's 'Fair And Balanced' right wing propaganda especially comes to mind, but there are plenty of liberal media examples as well. Just ask the conservative half of The Bully Pulpit — I'm sure they can tell you all about it.)