Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

1011Now ^ | 3/9/21 | Ed Payne

[Jacquerie]

<>Good riddance.<>

Let the same be written someday about you.

[Slyfox]

I always liked Roger Mudd. I found out a few years back that when Cronkite was picking his successor he had rounded it down to two people - Roger Mudd and Dan Rather. He chose Dan Rather not knowing that he was related to Mudd.

He shoulda chosen his cousin.

[alternatives?]

Yes and Ted Kennedy lost to Jimmy Carter and Hillary lost to Donald Trump. Will haunt them to the end of their days.

[traderrob6]

Roger Mudd was a a rare straight shooting “reporter”. Last of a dying breed.

Always thought he retired rather young.

[KevinB]

The lesson to all presidential candidates is, be able to explain why the heck you are running, and why you want to be president.

So, "It's my turn" is suddenly not good enough? :-)

[circlecity]

But until then I will rule

[Captain Peter Blood]

I always like him.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Roger Mudd was a stand up guy. I remember him as a good reporter. I trusted him over the pompous Conkrite. He left the networks when he saw journalism going full Dan Rather, interested in sensationLism over substance. He spent about 30 years on the History Channel. RIP Roger. Last of the good ones.

[Artemis Webb]

Do you even remember Roger Mudd? He was actually a good journalist. I had a higher opinion of him than I do of you.

[rfp1234]

Harry Reasoner, too.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

orection 30 years on the network. It was only 10 years on the History channel. Oh and he’s also they guy that helped keep Teddy Kennedy out of the White House by asking the hard question “Why do you want to be President?” Teddy didn’t have an answer. Proof that Democraps just feel they should have it, not have a passion for the job

[circlecity]

Spoken like a true punk. Buzz off lefty.

[BwanaNdege]

We lived next door to him in the mid-1950s, on East-West Hwy, in Silver Spring, MD. He was a local newsman back then.

[Ciaphas Cain]

He used to host the Movies In Time feature on History Channel. Back when History Channel was about real history.

[mware]

My favorite newscaster was actually John Facenda out of Philadelphia. Later to be know as the voice of the NFL, when they actually played football. On his nightly news God help the reporter that did not use proper English.

[riverdawg]

“The lesson to all presidential candidates is, be able to explain why the heck you are running, and why you want to be president.”

This is good advice for any job candidate. My favorite question to a job candidate when I was on hiring committees was “Tell us why you want this job.” The answers, and non-answers, were often quite revealing.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ted torpedoed himself.

[dfwgator]

His name was Mudd.

[dfwgator]

No one was better than David Brinkley.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ted torpedoed himself.

I recall Ted (running against president Jimmah Cahtah) at an Iowa grain terminal. “How’s the service out here on the Wabash?” This brought some puzzlement to the assembled farmers. It had been over 100 years since the Wabash had served Iowa...