RIP Cokie Roberts

[TexLaw]

One of the first and finest female journalists has passed away at 75 from complications due to breast cancer.

I heard a great deal of Cokie Roberts over my lifetime, from my childhood on up to the present, on both TV and radio. I cannot think of someone who was more informed, intelligent, articulate, and also insightful, not to mention how she always found a way to be both deadly serious yet delightfully humorous about anything she was called upon for comment. When I heard her name or her voice, I listened, and I learned.

 

[bberg100]

I really enjoyed listening to her. Obvious which way she leaned, but she did give a voice to the opposite sides of an issue. More talking heads today could learn from her.

 

[njpaddy]

I miss those days when we had real news people and journalists like Cokie. Even if I didn't agree with what they said, at least they were intelligent and professional and I got something out of it. I can't think of any today that I respect. Turning on any news station today is like listening to 30 minutes of this.

 

[The Knize]

RIP. The world is a lesser place for her no longer being in it. One of our finest journalists.

 

[FarmerTan]

She reminded me of David Brinkley. And that is a good thing.

 

[Cannata]

RIP

 

[shavefan]

We've lost one of the rarest types, an honest journalist. RIP Cokie.

 

[Bakker1964]

Woe to the politician who thought she was just "a skirt" . . . she was quite often better informed on the subject matter than the person she was interviewing, and she was withering when someone tried to obfuscate.

I have no doubt that St. Peter is just going to open the Gates wide for her rather than risk the grilling which might ensue should he question her bona fides.

 

[emwolf]

I was saddened to hear of her passing. She was a real journalist, something we're in short supply of these days.

 

[Rhody]

I read that she was 75
Too young

 

[dmshaver]

Cokie was a very good journalist, RIP.