RIP Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector," Has Died.

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Source: Democracy NOW

RIP Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector," Author, TV Producer, Made Six Films on Nelson Mandela...

Known for his work chronicling the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa since the 1960s, Danny Schechter has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 72.

Schechter got his start as "The News Dissector" in 1970 at WBCN-FM in Boston. He went on to become a prolific television producer who won two Emmys. He was executive editor of MediaChannel.org, co-founder and executive producer of Globalvision production company, and the author of twelve books, including The More You Watch, The Less You Know.

Read more: http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2015/3/20/rip_danny_schechter_the_news_dissector

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Danny Schechter was a trailblazer in news reporting back in the early 1970s by adding appropriate music as a backdrop to news stories and other techniques we now take for granted. RIP, man, you were the coolest news dissector ever. I used to love his broadcasts at WBCN back in the day.

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[pinto]

2. Schecter was a part of WBCN, Boston during its heyday.

He and the station were iconic aspects of the 70's in Boston.

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. That station was amazing back then!! Such memories, so many zany characters!

Danny Schechter and friends:
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[blm]

3. The world lost yet another great human being

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[McCamy Taylor]

4. Weapons of Mass Deception. Saw it Nov. 2004 in Amsterdam to a packed house.

If it could have played in the US to packed houses, maybe the course of our country's history would have been different.

If NBC had any balls, they would show the documentary--to show that they have atoned.

[Warpy]

6. The newscaster of choice in my misspent youth!

We'd get more out of a 5 minute snippet on WBCN than we did out of a half hour of TV nooz and we knew it.

Danny, RIP, and thank you.