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A Farewell To Foremother Of TV Journalism: Barbara Walter Retires

NPR | By Eric Deggans
Published May 15, 2014 at 1:05 PM PDT

Barbara Walters retires from daily television work on the May 15 edition of The View. As NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans notes, Walters may just be the real parent of today's TV journalists, who often meld the worlds of entertainment and news.

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Eric Deggans
Eric Deggans is a critic-at-large at NPR, offering reporting and analysis on TV, media, film, pop culture and social issues for the network.
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