Robert Novak: Journalist
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"I'm 72-years-old. There's not a hell of a lot they can do to me. I will continue to report what I see and what I feel to be true. "You say...
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Robert Novak, the political pundit and columnist, died on August 18, 2009 at the age of 78. The Chicago Sun-Times, for which Novak wrote for many years, reported:
"Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak, one of the nation's most influential journalists, who relished his "Prince of Darkness" public persona, died at home here early Tuesday morning after a battle with brain cancer.
"He was someone who loved being a journalist, love journalism and loved his country and loved his family, Novak's wife, Geraldine, told the Sun-Times on Tuesday.
"Bob was always the pro, no matter what he had going on he was always at the ready to help out on stories, and he broke more than his share. Even as he became a national figure he was always proud to be part of the Sun-Times and we were proud of him," said Don Hayner, Editor in Chief of the Chicago Sun-Times."
The full story:
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PATTY SCHOEN-JONES from TENNGA, GEORGIA (August 6, 2008)
MISS SEEING MR NOVAK ON FOX NEWS. ALWAYS ENJOY HIS WIT AND INTELLIGENCE. I PRAY FOR HIS SPEEDY RECOVERY.
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Right-Winged "Crossfire" Host Needs Anger Management
Robert Novak is best known as the political commentator and host on CNN's "Crossfire."
He began his career during college at the University or Illinois as a print reporter, writing for local newspapers. He then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, worked as a reported for the Associated Press, and eventually joined the Washington section of The Wall Street Journal. By 1963 he an Rowland Evens teamed up and began writing the political column of Inside Report, which later expanded into the Evans-Novak Political Report, a newsletter to subscribers, and other "insider" fare. He earned a reputation for having strong right-winged perspectives.
In 1980 be began co-hosting Crossfire. Later he appeared in The Capital Gang and Inside Politics. He was suspended from the CNN program after he cursed and then walked off the show of Inside Politics, after a comment by James Carville "He's got to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone, you know?" Novak responded, "Well, I think that's bullshit. And I hate that!" In December 2005 he announced that he was leaving CNN for a position with FOX News.
