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Paul Harvey, Good Day and Goodbye

-By Warner Todd Huston

Paul Harvey is gone. Harvey was a giant in the industry of radio broadcasting but he was a singularly different sort of news reporter. In a day when the goal of every other broadcaster seems to be to dive straight to the lowest common denominator, to celebrate to low born and venal, Harvey’s was always to uplift the listener and to celebrate the greatness of America.

With his easily parodied style, his was a distinctive voice. He was from a time when the sound was important, the delivery the thing. And deliver he did. His well used pause and distinctive cadence was so entirely compelling that one simply could not turn away.

But it wasn’t only the style and sound that interested Harvey. It was the content.

Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” segments always, always told the story of some man or woman that struggled hard through life until they found that one thing that brought them fame, fortune or adulation. Harvey meant these stories to give us all hope. His guiding principle was that “tomorrow is always better than today.”

Paul Harvey, gone at 90. He will be missed and we will wait a long, long time to see his like again… if we ever do.

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Posted by Warner Todd Huston on February 28, 2009 11:52 pm

» Filed Under Conservatism, News

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2 Responses to “Paul Harvey, Good Day and Goodbye”

  1. Stephen Rydell on March 1st, 2009 1:00 am

    We will miss you paul.

  2. Angie on March 1st, 2009 1:17 am

    Happy journeys, my friend. You will be missed.

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