quoted on CNN<\/a>, “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.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":915,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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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<\/a>, “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.”