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When Bob Edwards, the former host of National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" program, visited our city several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to ask him why he thought so many conservatives see NPR as a voice for liberalism. Mr. Edwards was promoting his new book, Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism. Mr. Edwards has a good sense of humor, often at his own expense, but much more often that day at the expense of the Bush administration or of Fox News. He knew his audience—a group of about 120 people gathered for a fundraising luncheon for...

The Long Goodbye Bob Edwards is ousted and NPR listeners go nuts. BY RANDALL BLOOMQUIST Friday, May 14, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT I thought NPR was for smart people. You would never know it to judge by the hysterical reaction to the recent ouster of Bob Edwards, the longtime host of NPR's "Morning Edition." Angry fans, call them Bobbleheads, wrote 35,000 letters of complaint to National Public Radio; others vented to their local newspapers. "No one asked me, but here's my view," ranted one listener in a letter to the Washington Post....

Kentucky native Bob Edwards says he is disappointed at National Public Radio's decision to force him from its popular Morning Edition newsmaga-zine. "I've had better days," Edwards said yesterday in a telephone interview from his home in Arlington, Va. "I feel like I would like to continue hosting Morning Edition, but I'm glad they didn't fire me." Edwards said he was told two weeks ago that his days on Morning Edition were numbered. "I got called into an office and told 'we're making a change,'" he said. NPR announced yesterday that Edwards would become a senior correspondent, filing reports that...

Bob Edwards, who for 25 years has been the signature voice of National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," is being removed from the show by NPR managers, effective April 30. "Morning Edition" is the No. 1 morning show on radio, with almost 13 million listeners. "I would have loved to have stayed with 'Morning Edition,' " said Edwards, 56. "But it's not my candy store." An NPR announcement that he would become a senior correspondent for NPR News was premature, he said yesterday. NPR executive vice president Ken Stern called the change part of a "natural evolution" that "had to do...