Journalism Legend Daniel Schorr Dies At 93

[gauguin57]

Source: NPR


Daniel Schorr, a longtime senior news analyst for NPR and a veteran Washington journalist who broke major stories at home and abroad during the Cold War and Watergate, has died. He was 93.

Schorr, who once described himself as a "living history book," passed away Friday morning at a Washington hospital. He was able to bring to contemporary news commentary a deep sense of how governmental institutions and players operate, as well as the perspective gained from decades of watching history upfront.

"He could compare presidents from Eisenhower on through, and that gave him historical context for things," said Donald A. Ritchie, Senate historian and author of a book about the Washington press corps. "He had lived it, he had worked it and he had absorbed it. That added a layer to his broadcasting that was hard for somebody his junior to match."

Schorr's 20-year career as a foreign correspondent began in 1946. After serving in U.S. Army intelligence during World War II, he began writing from Western Europe for the Christian Science Monitor and later The New York Times, witnessing postwar reconstruction, the Marshall Plan and the creation of the NATO alliance.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128565997

[hlthe2b]

1. Oh my! I just heard him a few weeks ago. What a treasure...

Mr. Schorr, you lived an incredibly productive life. May you rest in peace.

[stuntcat]

24. right, I think it was just a few days ago

that I heard him! Wow, he never stopped thinking!

Peace to him.

[Brickbat]

2. He was a good one. Rest in peace.

[reformist2]

3. Oh wow. What a loss!

My condolences.

[Dulcinea]

4. RIP.

A life well lived. Godspeed.

[mike_c]

5. RIP Mr. Schorr....

I've been waiting to hear this, frankly. He was still on NPR as late as a couple of weeks ago if I'm not mistaken.

[1gobluedem]

6. Journalism Legend Daniel Schorr Dies At 93

Source: NPR

Schorr, a longtime NPR contributor, broke stories during the Cold War and Watergate that won him numerous awards -- as well as the enmity of presidents. He was 93.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128565997

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We won't see the likes of him again; a great journalist and a great man.

[jefferson_dem]

7. RIP Daniel Shorr.

Sadly, his is a dying craft - genuine, honest journalism in the public interest.

[catzies]

8. NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I am so sad, I loved him.

:cry:


God speed, Mr. Schorr.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

9. An important witness to history. He will be missed.

He was a constant reminder of what journalism used to be and what it still *could* be.

[AngryOldDem]

35. RIP, Mr. Schorr. .

I hate to see the old-guard journalists go. They are truly the last vestiges from when the profession had ethics and standards.

Slowly but surely the mantle is being passed to the likes of Fox News.

[Robb]

10. RIP. Amazing man. nt

[Demeter]

11. NPR Will Never Recover From This Loss, Nor Will Journalism

Safe voyage, Mr. Schorr, and a peaceful life on the other side.

[SoapBox]

15. You are so correct about NPR's lose...

They've swung to the right...his voice was a much needed
one to counter the extremists.

[bif]

12. I loved listening to his commentaries

On All Things Considered. What a huge loss for NPR and us all. RIP Mr. Schorr

[Kind of Blue]

13. What a blow to my heart.

My deepest condolence to his family.
Thank you for posting.

[SoapBox]

14. Rest Peacefully Dan

Oh my gosh...I feel so bad.

We've lost a voice of reason and common sense...there are so few as it stands.

Everyday Americans have lost...NPR, you folks have REALLY lost (again, a voice of common sense).

RIP....you will be missed.

[MarinCoUSA]

16. Last of the Murrow Boys. Only US jurno to speak/interview in Russian.

Any enemy of Richard Nixon is a fiend if mine.
A true real American legend gone.
RIP

[avaistheone1]

32. How sad!

They don't make journalists like Daniel Schorr anymore.




:cry:

[LawnKorn]

58. +1 An enemy of Nixon is good enough for me

[LawnKorn]

59. ooops, dupe

[66 dmhlt]

71. How we all long for the days of the Murrow Boys ...

When journalists took pride in their profession, and diligently performed their jobs of reporting.

[xchrom]

17. Peace to him and his loved ones. nt

[Overseas]

18. Condolences to his friends and family. I really enjoyed his reports. //nt

[AngryAmish]

19. too soon, too soon

[kestrel91316]

20. NPR has lost its VERY BEST.

[pansypoo53219]

21. one of my NPR favorites.

he will be missed.

[hedgehog]

22. I will miss him. Thank you for your service, Mr. Schorr.

[asjr]

23. It seems CBS was up to its dirty tricks

long before Dan Rather.

[madmax]

25. The most excellent are leaving us. nt

RIP Mr. Schorr :(

[HERVEPA]

27. Very, very sad to hear this.

[Plucketeer]

26. It's been a decent day....

...until I read this. Honors to you, Dan Schorr. You were a living treasure.

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. Another good one gone.

May he rest in peace.

[MissDeeds]

29. I just heard this on NPR

Bless his heart, he was an institution. I always looked forward to his excellent commentaries, and wouldn't tolerate interruptions when he was speaking. Another great voice is silenced.

RIP Mr Schorr. I miss you already.

:cry:

[carolinayellowdog]

30. His was my favorite voice on NPR

It won't be the same.

[DrZeeLit]

31. Truly a sad day. We are going to miss his sage voice. Sending love to his family.

[msanthrope]

33. An actual member of Nixon's Enemies List---I will miss your voice, RIP. n/t

[LawnKorn]

61. +1 An enemy of Nixon is good enough for me

[msanthrope]

62. To be known and feared by one's enemies is a mighty thing indeed. n/t

[yeswecanandwedid]

34. That's sad, be at peace Daniel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA78e27R_J4

[redwitch]

36. Another good man gone.

I always enjoyed what he had to say. He was an incredibly young 93 year old. RIP Daniel.

[etherealtruth]

37. A true loss

[Botany]

38. bob edwards and daniel schorr

:yourock:

As good as it ever was back in the day

[Glorfindel]

39. With Red Barber in the mix, too....

truly, as good as it ever was.

[Botany]

41. I was just out of school and I made sure that Friday @ 11:40 AM EST ....

.... I was driving to the bank.

Hello Colonel! After they fired Bob I kinda gave up on NPR.

Bob used to let Dan talk on and on and almost never interrupted him
as Dan would give context to a current story w/ some history and real
knowledge.

[defendandprotect]

40. Used to listen to him as often as I could -- WBAI, I think?

He was also on NPR at one time, I think?

And on PBS -- before it became Petroleum Broadcasting Co --

[Odin2005]

42. OH NO! I loved hearing him on NPR.

:(

[stevedeshazer]

43. Nooooo!!!

:(

RIP, Dan.

[90-percent]

44. sad news

The most positive thing about his death is that he got to enjoy 93 years on earth with us all. A fully lived life.

Dan was actually friends with Frank Zappa and gave a eulogy for Frank on NPR when Zappa died in 1993. Before Arsenio Hall on Fox, Zappa was putting together a nightly live news show, and was going to feature Dan! Like many Zappa projects, it never came to be.

Didn't Schorr get "Dan Rather'ed" forcing him out of network television? Something offensive to the powers that be, along the lines of the Pentagon Papers or refusing to reveal a source?

-90% Jimmy

[BlueIdaho]

45. R.I.P.

May his family find peace and serenity.

We have lost a treasure, a real reporter, a real news man. Today's news celebutants aren't fit to shine his shoes.

[glinda]

46. Well this is a sad bit of news. RIP Mr. Schorr.

[MilesColtrane]

47. Thank you for making the world a little better place, Mr. Schorr.

You truly were from the old school who believed that journalists should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

[DesertFlower]

48. R.I.P. nt

[wryter2000]

49. I watched him during the Watergate hearings.

The day Nixon's enemies list came out, Schorr got a copy and read it for the camera. He kept a straight face as he read his own name.

[Warren Stupidity]

50. I miss his voice on npr

[sonias]

51. My condolences to the Schorr family

May Daniel Schorr rest in peace.

[BumRushDaShow]

52. Oh no! R.I.P.

I haven't been following him lately and didn't realize he was still out there.

All the old school journalists are leaving us. :cry:

Rest in peace.

[mrs_p]

53. he was one of my favorites

RIP

[caseymoz]

54. I was so impressed every time I heard him.

And it was always tempered by the knowledge of how little time I knew he had left.

He will be so missed.

[kurtzapril4]

55. I feel like I lost an old friend today.

I've been listening to him forever. I'll miss you, Mr. Schorr. Condolences to his family and friends. He lived a good, long HONEST life.

[marzipanni]

56. I hope the young journalists will follow his advice...

<snip>
Only in December 2009 did he switch from using a typewriter to a computer, he said, according his NPR Twitter feed. And he sang at least twice on the air. During a spur-of-the-moment collaboration with musician Frank Zappa at a get-out-the-vote event in Washington, he sang two Gershwin songs, "It Ain't Necessarily So" and "Summertime." And, in depths of the economic downturn of 2008, he reflected on his boyhood in the Depression, and sang a few bars of "Brother Can You Spare a Dime."

"I have found a satisfying home for the evening of my career," he said in 2003. "I no longer pursue scoops, but concentrate on the context and the meaning of things. I interact with journalists a third to half my age who seem to regard me as a walking history book. If asked, I tell them what lessons I have learned over the past 60-odd years. And since there are today more pressures than ever to conform, to avoid rocking the boat, I'm prone to advise: At least once in your lifetime take a risk for a principle you believe in, even if it brings you up against your bosses."


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072303146_2.html?sid=ST2010072303210

[nilram]

67. k&4 just for that--made me cry

He was a treasure, a principled treasure.

[colsohlibgal]

57. RIP Daniel

This guy had a pretty good BS meter and could get right to the heart of the matter, he was old school indeed.

He also was great in a minor role he had playing himself in the Michael Douglas movie "The Game".

He's probably involved in a stirring discussion with Cronkite right now, trading WWII stories.

[Toucano]

60. He was supreme in his field. I will really miss his commentary and analysis.

Rest in Peace, Daniel

[Doc Martin]

63. Many thanks for his extraordinary contributions and courage

[AllyCat]

64. Heard the NPR tribute today. Loved the part about him singing with Frank Zappa!

RIP Mr. Schorr. You were part of what got me to listen to the news and pay attention. Thank you.

[X_Digger]

65. Dang :( n/t

[USA_1]

66. Great Reporter!

And unlike today's liberals, he was not afraid of taking conservatives to task for their lies and inconsistencies. He looked them in the face and blasted them real good.

Too bad they don't make liberals like they used to.

[Maeve]

68. And flights of angels sing thee to thy sleep. eom

[Kumbricia]

69. The end of an era for NPR and journalism

Like many others, I'm going to miss him & his commentaries on All Things Considered. Daniel Schorr was among the best reporters in the prime of network journalism and became a thoughtful, humorous and informative news commentator in his later years.
Farewell.

[Lorien]

70. Meant to rec but accidentily unrecced. RIP Mr. Schorr.

[hippywife]

72. I heard this on the way home last night

listening to NPR in my car. I nearly started crying. All the good journalists are growing old and going away. Once Helen goes, who will be left? :cry:

[Bennyboy]

73. NPR covers his friendship with Frank Zappa...

Frank Zappa and NPR’s Daniel Schorr were indeed friends, and at one of his concerts in 1988, he invited Dan to join him onstage. Host Scott Simon pays a final tribute to Daniel Schorr with a remembrance of Schorr's unlikely friendship with rocker Frank Zappa.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128738162

[fortyfeetunder]

74. Saturday mornings on NPR will never be the same

In my groggy stupor on July 10, I had my habit of listening to NPR and waiting for Daniel Schorr's report.
But something struck me strange after I heard the last of his report that morning. I sensed something in his voice, and wondered if he was not well.
He wasn't on the air July 17 and I wondered if I heard the last of Dan. Maybe he's taking vacation, I thought.
So I was quite shocked to learn of Dan's passing this past Friday. The ultimate journalism role model. Puts truth before peace. I remember Daniel Schorr back in the Watergate days. And I looked forward to hearing his spin on the past week's news.

RIP Dan. Condolences to his wife and family.