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p> MUDDY RECOLLECTIONS br> Re: Reid Collins's Mudd in the CBS Eye : /p> p>The decision to choose Dan Rather over Roger Mudd may go down with the Ernie Broglio for Lou Brock trade as one of the worst in history. As you note, Roger Mudd was, and is, a solid newsman, smart, dignified, and "fair and balanced" before Fox News coined the phrase. Like Brian Lamb from C-SPAN, he's one of those who practice the best virtue of his profession: Nobody can tell from the way he presents a story or conducts an interview what his politics are. br> -- Warren Mowry /p> p> My best recollection of Roger Mudd was a real television hatchet job called "The Selling of the Pentagon" in the 1960s. I have disliked him ever since. There was a lot of editing of speaker's remarks to make speakers look foolish, as became routine with "60 Minutes." br> -- Richard Soderholm br> Concord, California /p>

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