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Week in Review with Daniel Schorr

NPR | By Scott Simon,

Daniel Schorr

Published December 21, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Host Scott Simon reviews the week's news with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

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Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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Daniel Schorr

Daniel Schorr passed away on Friday, July 23, 2010. See an obituary, photo gallery and an archive of Schorr's commentaries for NPR.

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