Remembering Peter: Notes & Quotes

> TV Week: “An ABC spokeswoman said Monday that funeral services for Mr. Jennings will be private, and a memorial will not be scheduled before Labor Day.”

> FishBowlDC has Condi Rice‘s reaction: “Peter Jennings represented all that was best in journalism and public service. A man of conscience and integrity, his reporting was a guide to all of us who aspire to better the world around us. I learned from him and was inspired by him.”

> FNC chairman and CEO Roger Ailes said in a statement: “Peter Jennings accomplished what few can in a lifetime and became a news institution. It’s a sad day for journalism everywhere.”

> CBS’s Harry Smith writes on CBSNews.com: “Jennings was a citizen of the world. All of those years as a foreign correspondent provided him with a view of America and the planet, unique to most television news people; a view that served his viewers and journalism well.”