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Post by librarylady on Sept 17, 2019 14:38:35 GMT
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Post by beaglemom on Sept 17, 2019 15:19:16 GMT
oh no!!! She is my favorite!
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Post by femalebusiness on Sept 17, 2019 15:30:48 GMT
I hate to hear that. I remember when her dad died in a plane crash. RIP Cokie.
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Post by schizo319 on Sept 17, 2019 15:37:38 GMT
Oh no! I hate to hear that. I always so enjoyed her Q&A every week.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 17, 2019 15:43:03 GMT
 I heard that news this morning while I was driving to work... She was an amazing journalist, who could explain anything and make it understandable. Her news and analysis as part of NPR Morning Edition was part of my work commute for years. No one was quite like her.
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Post by mustlovecats on Sept 17, 2019 16:15:33 GMT
I heard that news this morning while I was driving to work... She was an amazing journalist, who could explain anything and make it understandable. Her news and analysis as part of NPR Morning Edition was part of my work commute for years. No one was quite like her. I think some people thought of her as a lightweight reporter, but I listened to her on NPR often and appreciated her clarity and her ability to pack a lot of information into a modest amount of time on the program, in a way you could get a well rounded picture of an issue. She did her job really well. |
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Post by Belle on Sept 17, 2019 16:21:29 GMT
This news is really sad. I always enjoyed listening to her.
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Post by Merge on Sept 17, 2019 16:39:05 GMT
So sad.
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Post by Merge on Sept 17, 2019 16:39:52 GMT
I heard that news this morning while I was driving to work... She was an amazing journalist, who could explain anything and make it understandable. Her news and analysis as part of NPR Morning Edition was part of my work commute for years. No one was quite like her. I think some people thought of her as a lightweight reporter, but I listened to her on NPR often and appreciated her clarity and her ability to pack a lot of information into a modest amount of time on the program, in a way you could get a well rounded picture of an issue. She did her job really well. Same. I’m only familiar with her from NPR and she was a clear and thorough reporter. Will be greatly missed. |
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Post by slowrunner70 on Sept 17, 2019 19:16:06 GMT
how sad :-(
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Post by destined2bmom on Sept 17, 2019 19:33:27 GMT
I read this sad news this morning. She was one of my favorite reporters. She clearly explained topics so well, that anyone could understand what was going on and how it affected society.
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Post by coffeetalk on Sept 17, 2019 19:37:48 GMT
So sad.
Of course.
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Post by coaliesquirrel on Sept 17, 2019 19:46:31 GMT
She was amazing, and I'm so sad to see her go. I loved her even-handed reporting and her ability to place current events in an historical context. As they've been saying all day, she truly was one of the "founding mothers" of NPR, and her legacy will live on in the many women she mentored,
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Post by refugeepea on Sept 17, 2019 23:41:53 GMT
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Post by elaine on Sept 17, 2019 23:48:32 GMT
Cancer F’ing Sucks.
May Cokie’s memory be a blessing.
She was a wonderful women and will be missed.
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Post by questioning on Sept 17, 2019 23:57:10 GMT
This makes me as sad as Ric Ocasek.
Edited because that might seem odd-
The Cars in concert and on radio were part of my late teens, early 20s. The same years I was discovering public radio. Its like my youth really is leaving / past. Sorry I'm making this about me - they were both classics.
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Post by cycworker on Sept 18, 2019 0:03:36 GMT
This makes me sadder than Ric Ocasek. She was inspirational.
Trump needs to shut the $#@( up.
Also - when I read the news this morning, they shared that her given name was Corinne. I had always wondered why people called her Cokie; I didn't think it was her given name at birth. What a sweet story.
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Post by questioning on Sept 18, 2019 0:06:30 GMT
This makes me sadder than Ric Ocasek. She was inspirational. Trump needs to shut the $#@( up. Also - when I read the news this morning, they shared that her given name was Corinne. I had always wondered why people called her Cokie; I didn't think it was her given name at birth. What a sweet story. I was editing as you posted. She was inspirational. Trump has said something? I am glad I've been in meetings all day. He is the opposite of a classic and Class. |
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Post by luckyjune on Sept 18, 2019 4:01:30 GMT
Between Cokie Roberts and Dorothea Benton Frank passing away recently, I'm not feeling very chipper.
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Post by cycworker on Sept 18, 2019 5:23:14 GMT
This makes me sadder than Ric Ocasek. She was inspirational. Trump needs to shut the $#@( up. Also - when I read the news this morning, they shared that her given name was Corinne. I had always wondered why people called her Cokie; I didn't think it was her given name at birth. What a sweet story. I was editing as you posted. She was inspirational. Trump has said something? I am glad I've been in meetings all day. He is the opposite of a classic and Class. Here is an excerpt from news coverage: Traveling on Air Force One, Trump said, “I never met her. She never treated me nicely. But I would like to wish her family well. She was a professional, and I respect professionals. I respect you guys a lot, you people a lot. She was a real professional. Never treated me well, but I certainly respect her as a professional.” During the 2016 campaign, Roberts and then-candidate Trump quarreled during an interview on MSNBC over the impact of his rhetoric on immigration and race, asking him if he was “proud of that? Is that something that you’ve done in American social and political discourse that you are proud of?” Trump replied that he thought her question was “very nasty,” claiming that he had not heard of such reports of the incidents Roberts was referring to, which included white children invoking Trump's campaign talk as a way heckle other kids of color. |
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Post by questioning on Sept 18, 2019 13:41:51 GMT
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Post by Restless Spirit on Sept 18, 2019 17:33:19 GMT
I really enjoyed her book, The Founding Mothers, about the wives, sisters and mothers of the founding fathers. I read it after I read The Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis. I recently found both books in my basement and now I think I want to read them both again.
An intelligent, interesting lady. She will be missed.
Oh, and trump is an idiot.
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