 Paul Harvey receives the Presidential Medal Of Freedom |
And now, the rest of the story…
Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation’s most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90.
Harvey had been forced off the air for several months in 2001 because of a virus that weakened a vocal cord. But he returned to work in Chicago and was still active as he passed his 90th birthday. His death comes less than a year after that of his wife and longtime producer, Lynne.
“My father and mother created from thin air what one day became radio and television news,” Paul Harvey Jr. said in a statement. “So in the past year, an industry has lost its godparents and today millions have lost a friend.”
At the peak of his career, Harvey reached more than 24 million listeners on more than 1,200 radio stations and charged $30,000 to give a speech. His syndicated column was carried by 300 newspapers.
In 1976, Harvey began broadcasting his anecdotal descriptions of the lives of famous people. “The Rest of the Story” started chronologically, with the person’s identity revealed at the end. The stories were an attempt to capture “the heartbeats behind the headlines.”
In 2000, at age 82, he signed a new 10-year contract with ABC Radio Networks. This listener will certainly miss him greatly.
Good riddance,
Another right wing republican shill rots is hell.
Say hi to Saddam for me Paul!
Never should have been on the air.
leave it to you “tolerant ” liberals to defame a great man after his death
way to go assholes
you should be ashamed
This man only gave the news and a story to remind us that we are only human. You two should be ashamed of your comments. oh wait – libs have no soul and or feelings. They talk and complain to others and live a different way. keep it up, the next American Revolution is coming!!!!
PMitchell, Guess they didn’t read the article.
“Perhaps Harvey’s most famous broadcast came in 1970, when he abandoned that [conservative] stance, announcing his opposition to President Nixon’s expansion of the [Vietnam] war and urging him to get out completely.
“Mr. President, I love you … but you’re wrong,” Harvey said, shocking his faithful listeners and drawing a barrage of letters and phone calls, including one from the White House.”
I enjoyed “The Rest Of The Story” and his distinctive voice. Even Walter Cronkite owes him one.
I never listened to him, too many commercials too much “human interest.” But he loved Nixon huh? Another hero worshiper. No wonder those who like to have heroes (Repugs) listen to demagogues like Rush and supposedly are a force within the party: They have “listeners.” What a very small special interest group is thereby self identifying: People to avoid.
And yet a whole party is going down the tubes following this sect. Sadly, only after they took down a once great country.
Talk is for fools. Blogging-one small step above.
Just goes to show Liberals can’t see past party lines. Rather pathetic, I think. At least acknowledge a good man when you see one, especially in his death. To act like that to someone with that much history and good will is disrespectful and unmanly. Grow some balls 1 and 2.
Hate for the dead .. nice!
Diversity is a lot more than skin tones, it is also of different points of view.
I’ve never known an idea that marketed itself very well with “hate” as the messenger.
Definition:
Idiot: (n)
Anyone beginning a thought with: “Liberal can’t – - – - .”
Somewhat surprising is that the reverse is not true. Most conservatives in fact can’t. Its why they look to leaders/pop icons for their ideas and are much less diverse than all the other groups they deride.
“The Rest of the Story” would do well as an archive available on MP3′s. They are timeless, as was Paul Harvey. Don’t mind the libs above, they are just showing what libs are like underneath their “tolerance” and “diversity” bullshit.
@7 Your comment makes no sense, proof read before you click submit. If I think someone is a shill and a loon, which Paul Harvey was, I’ll say it. Even when that person has just died.
I liked Paul Harvey, although I haven’t heard him in many years.
When I was a kid I worked with my dad at his work. On the drive in we would listen to “The rest of the story” and get rough cut french fries from the local eatery. Good Times.
I can see why some lib’s don’t like him. He had a moral compass and never cheated on his wife.
It’s always great to read what the hate filled left has to say when someone they dislike passes. Don’t worry lefties, one day karma will come back to bite you as you’ve never been bit before. You can count on that.
While Paul had a way of telling a story he, unfortunately, also was a peddler of snake oil products and false medical claims. It’s a blemish on his otherwise amazing career.
like karma is biting the republican party now?
lets see, hate filled left… hmmm, whats on TV. oh what’s this? the CPAC conference… oh look its the leading luminaries of the right, people that have held high ranking positions of power and others that are their celebrated “intellectuals,” spewing a steady stream of well rehearsed hate for their fellow hate filled barbarians. not some anonymous commenter on a blog in the back corners of the tubes.
its all equal though, right wingnuts?
I await some of the comments from the love-filled “right” when Ted Kennedy dies.
It should be pointed out that Paul Harvy was only true to his wife if you don’t count human-horse sex as cheating.
Well hey, I’m a flaming liberal, and I LOVED listening to Paul Harvey. I know a great man when I see him
What is wrong with you people!?!?!?
Glad to hear that somebody in the media was against the Vietnam War. Oh wait! Wasn’t Walter Cronkite the first to oppose it? Nice of Paul Harvey to jump on the bandwagon, after the war was unpopular with 95% of the rest of the country. Nixon had broken his campaign promise to end the war, if elected (after Johnson). I wonder if Harvey had anything to say about Watergate? I’m sure he was only allowed to remain on radio, as long as he didn’t rock too many boats, politically. So after Nixon/Ford, it was all human interest fillers. Inspiring puff pieces. Conversation starters for the retirement home crowd.
Regardless of your political affiliation, Paul Harvey was good person. To chastise the man for being conservative is not only childish and immature, it speaks ill of the people you represent, if only by association.
If you didn’t like Paul, or his program, then fine, but don’t hate the man for doing the very thing you are: voicing an opinion. Everyone has an opinion, and Paul managed to voice his incredibly well. To say he should never have been on the air is like saying John Stewart should never have been on television. It’s an inflammatory, rude, and a pointless comment.
When Ted Kennedy does die there probably will be a similar reaction by the right, which is a shame, because there should always be a tinge of sorrow for the person you dislike most, that makes you human.
The comments in this thread just served to illustrate that both Democratic and Republican parties are more similar than they would care to admit. Both make insipid, hateful comments, creating a common ground they try to place on the other. Both are full of baboons, unwilling to make a single conscious thought.
Don’t hate a man because he has character, be disappointed you don’t.