Jefferson Health Hospital
These questions asked by MDs leave sanity behind
Why are these questions being asked?
Media
Wally Kennedy is dead; my last visit with him
I knew it was coming, but it’s hard to take: Longtime TV host and radio anchor Wally Kennedy has died at 76. 6abc carried an unusually short, in my opinion, death report. The on-air TV report said he had left the station, but there was a little more to
Media
Jim Gardner’s important signoff
Anchor Jim Gardner had a really good run — 46 years at 6abc, one less than the 47 I logged at the Daily News. During his last turn as anchor on Wednesday he said something about the press that mimicked what I said on my last day, three years earlier. Here’
Crime
The cops versus the video
You’ve probably heard that journalism is the first draft of history. The first draft, not the last, and it is often flawed for several reasons. Reporters are rarely eyewitnesses to breaking news events, such as crime. They gather information from witnesses, and from authorities, such as police. Reporters might
Television
Who should be 6ABC’s new anchor(s)?
Philadelphia’s most senior anchor — and one of the most entrenched anywhere — is on the retirement runway. That’s Jim Gardner, who’s led Philadelphia’s (usually) top-rated station since Noah was in short pants. He announced he will surrender his 11 p.m. shift at the end of the
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Philly parade disrespects veterans
Watching the Veterans Parade Sunday on 6ABC was disappointing, and reminded me that until 2015, Philadelphia didn’t have one at all. And never had. That October I wrote a piece for the Daily News that gave credit to the guy who got it off the ground —Navy veteran Scott