August 7, 200521 yr Author Lets all pray for the last of the great news anchors. Please Peter, don't die!
August 7, 200521 yr Cancer is the cause. I didn't think he was this far along, surprised when I saw it pop up on the wires.
August 7, 200521 yr Isn't he a lifetime smoker? Sad that he has cancer and I think he's a fantastic news anchor, but when you smoke frequently, you run the risk. I wish him a speedy recovery.
August 7, 200521 yr I saw him in GTMO. He did an episode of 20/20 or whatever and they tried to make the place seem so scary with added music for effect. It was ridiculous. I never knew he smoked. I hope he recovers. I can't imagine what we'd do with a bunch of amatuer story tellers giving us the "news".
August 7, 200521 yr I remember when he was first diagnosed with lung cancer he said he started smoking again after 9/11.
August 7, 200521 yr There still isn't a single credible news agency reporting this. OTOH, the ABCNEWS website is silent on the issue...you would think if the rumors were unfounded, ABC would try to squash them right away. Who knows...
August 7, 200521 yr ABC News alerted affiliates. ABC News offers no comment. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/_24361.asp http://www.newsblues.com/ Seems the norm for these kind of things. If he dies, they will break in and you can expect a Tribute Special not too far down the line from that time.
August 7, 200521 yr ABC News alerted affiliates. ABC News offers no comment. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/_24361.asp http://www.newsblues.com/ Seems the norm for these kind of things. If he dies, they will break in and you can expect a Tribute Special not too far down the line from that time. 892698[/snapback] How do we really know they alerted affiliates? What about this note from the blog that you posted? Update: Sunday, 9:59am: NewsBlues has removed its earlier statement, which stated that ABC affiliates were preparing for Jennings' death. An ABC spokesperson reiterated that this information was incorrect. If it turns out that the rumors are true, kindly don't "I told you so" me. I'm just saying that there's a good possibility that this is a load of bull. Anyone remember when a poster on an ESPN board got ESPNEWS to report that Shaq was out for the season? Sometimes the internet gets it wrong.
August 7, 200521 yr It is sad when people needlessly die , Jennings is a smart man and should have laid off the cancer sticks, I guess his death or decline fits is perfectly timed with the decline and subsequent death of "network news" I cant even imagine being limited to just 3 generic choices that cover the same stories from the same perspective from the same geographic location . As far as the three dinosaurs of news go i wasnt ever a fan of Jennings work but i would still rate him better than Rather
August 8, 200521 yr It wasn't a rumor. The blogs I posted conflicted, but I saw the affiliate notice. Not exactly a thing you can link. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1015438
August 8, 200521 yr Author Scary thing was, my tv was shut off and turned onto CNN at midnight earlier this morning to this horrific news. RIP Peter!
August 8, 200521 yr It wasn't a rumor. The blogs I posted conflicted, but I saw the affiliate notice. Not exactly a thing you can link. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1015438 893374[/snapback] Well, I sure picked a s***ty time to be wrong about something for like the first time in my life. This is going to break my poor mother's heart.
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