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NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

NPR's legendary host and correspondent Susan Stamberg has died at age 87. She loved to explore Americans' relationship with culture — high and low — and shared that fascination with her listeners.

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David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once gave him a "laurel" for reporting that immediately led the U.S. military to institute safety measures for journalists in Baghdad.