Peter Jennings: ""We Are Losing Exactly The Best Of Our Craft At The Worst Possible Time"

TVNewser has this and many, many other heartfelt quotes about Peter Jennings. This is from CNN’s Jeff Greenfield, who calls Jennings “the embodiment of what journalism should be.” Brian Williams calls him “simply one of the greats…the embodiment of the modern anchor,” and on NBC’s Today, Tom Brokaw said “Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such &#233lan and style.” Dan Rather put it more bluntly on this morning’s GMA tribute: “If Peter was in the area code, I didn’t sleep.”

Even President Bush made a statement echoing the sense of loss: “A lot of Americans relied upon Peter Jennings for their news.

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