GONNA MISS MR. PETER JENNINGS

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IF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE ARCHIVES HERE YOU WILL KNOW I POSTED A COUPLE OF SCATHING OPINIONS ON SOME OF PETER JENNING' WORK. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WERE NOW. BUT I WILL SAY HE PISSED ME OFF SOMETIMES BUT I REALLY RESPECTED THE GUY.

YEAH, HE APPEARED TO ME, AT TIMES, TO COME ACROSS AS A BIT POMPOUS. AND THOSE BITS HE DID STANDING ON A MAP OF THE WORLD OR IRAQ DROVE ME NUTS.

BUT ALL IN ALL THE DUDE WAS A CLASS ACT! HE HAD THE BALLS TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THE MOST LIFE THREATENING REPORTS HE AIRED.

THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS COURAGE, HONOUR AND DEDICATION TO FINDING OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND CONVEYING IT TO US, THE PUBLIC, IN A LANGUAGE BEFITTING ROYALTY BUT CLEAR AND AS UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE FOLKS WATCHING AS THAT SPARKLE IN HIS EYE.