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RIP Cokie Roberts
daughter of a couple who were both members of Congress from Louisiana and NPR/ABC correspondent, anchor and commentator. She was 75.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ent...t-14446030.php
I always liked her. You knew her political leanings but she never seemed stridently partisan, which is a rare thing these days.
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Re: RIP Cokie Roberts
Her colleagues said she never became cynical or lost her love for politics. She did force NPR to clarify her role as a commentator when she wrote a column in 2016 calling on "the rational wing" of the Republican party to reject Donald Trump as their presidential candidate. :poke:
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RIP Cokie Roberts
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Re: RIP Cokie Roberts
A consummate professional and one of a dying breed of true journalists.