I just read that Mr Fred Rogers, our mutual neighbor, has passed away. I admit I preferred [i]Sesame Street[/i] while growing up (as for PBS shows), but it would be hard for anyone not to feel some kind of loss at the news. Mr Rogers was a calm and gentle soul; his continued presence on TV was reassuring and his intentions were noble. “I believe” he is quoted on CNN, “that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television — or video games or newspapers or any mass media — I believe that we are the servants of this nation.”He goes on to say, “I got into television because I hated it so. And I thought there was some way of using this fabulous instrument to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen.” With television sinking daily into a greater morass, one has to wonder if we will ever see his like again.
