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PASADENA, Calif. — Miss “Columbo?” Then you might appreciate Peacock’s “Poker Face,” a modern take on the episodic detective show that’s less whodunnit (that’s shown in the opening scene of each episode) and more “howcatchem,” as premiere episode writer/director Rian Johnson (“Knives Out”) calls the show’s formula of starting with

Hard core of integrity. he could absorb and reflect the thought and emotions of day laborers, airline pilots, or cabinet ministers and report with exact truth what they were. yet he never gave an inch of himself away. well, except for that last part i consider this a model for broadcast journalism today. i think people listening and watching are better served when they know a bit about the person doing the commentary. but i agree with the larger points here about what needs to be done by people like me in this time when an american president speaks of fake news and journalists being the enemy ...

Let me finish tonight with the greatest broadcast news person of all time. i spent part of last week reading "not so wild a dream," eric severide's autobiography. in it he describes his boss who was also his hero during the london blitz in the early months of world war ii. of the american journalists none reached the stature of edward r. murrow, whose physical, intellectual and moral performance in those deadly weeks is not likely to be equaled by any reporterial voice or pen in this generation. he is a complex of strong, simple faiths and refined, sophisticated intellectual processes. poet an...