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Ed Renwick has passed on
Posted on 3/7/20 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 3/7/20 at 1:53 pm
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Those of you not from here, this won't mean much. But he was THE political analyst / pollster that people in the NOLA area, and to some extent, the entire state, paid attention to. He was one of the many reasons WWL-TV was a truly unbeatable force in local television in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
My dad would only watch WWL news. And he was always being interviewed, and then every time there was election coverage, he was at the center of it. He had a strong ability to explain and compare elections and candidates.
I had no idea which way he leaned politically. Considering he taught at Loyola, I have an idea, but that never came out in his coverage. He was, in his reporting, about as politically neutral as you can get. A far cry form most of the pollsters and "experts" out there today.
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Ed Renwick, the veteran local pollster, professor and former WWL-TV political analyst whose insights helped shape politics and political coverage for four decades in New Orleans, died Friday. He was 81.
Those of you not from here, this won't mean much. But he was THE political analyst / pollster that people in the NOLA area, and to some extent, the entire state, paid attention to. He was one of the many reasons WWL-TV was a truly unbeatable force in local television in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
My dad would only watch WWL news. And he was always being interviewed, and then every time there was election coverage, he was at the center of it. He had a strong ability to explain and compare elections and candidates.
I had no idea which way he leaned politically. Considering he taught at Loyola, I have an idea, but that never came out in his coverage. He was, in his reporting, about as politically neutral as you can get. A far cry form most of the pollsters and "experts" out there today.
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Posted on 3/7/20 at 1:53 pm to LSUFanHouston
RIP
Posted on 3/7/20 at 2:01 pm to LSUFanHouston
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My dad would only watch WWL news.
My Gramps would walk in at 5pm, and if Bill Elder wasn't on, hell would be paid.
Posted on 3/7/20 at 2:02 pm to OchoDedos
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Bill Elder
i remember watching him on the noon broadcasts after he tried to come back after his cancer fight. damn shame what happened with him
Posted on 3/7/20 at 2:24 pm to OchoDedos
Posted on 3/7/20 at 2:28 pm to LSUFanHouston
He was my professor in the 1980’s. It was a course on political corruption with heavy focus on Watergate. Renwick was an expert on all things Watergate.
If I had to guess his political leanings, it was simply for honest government. He was a big critic of Edwin Edwards as I recall.
If I had to guess his political leanings, it was simply for honest government. He was a big critic of Edwin Edwards as I recall.
Posted on 3/7/20 at 2:46 pm to Jimbeaux
What happened to reporters like Renwick?
Posted on 3/7/20 at 2:50 pm to LSUFanHouston
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I had no idea which way he leaned politically. Considering he taught at Loyola, I have an idea, but that never came out in his coverage. He was, in his reporting, about as politically neutral as you can get.
Not from Louisiana so unfamiliar with this man, but seems like he was solid.
He may have been the very last of a now dead breed of politically non-biased media personalities.
Very sad. I miss being a kid, back when you had a feeling which way the talking heads leaned but it never really shone through.
Posted on 3/7/20 at 4:05 pm to OchoDedos
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My Gramps would walk in at 5pm, and if Bill Elder wasn't on, hell would be paid.
Your Gramps sounds like he was an a-hole.
Posted on 3/7/20 at 4:20 pm to LSUFanHouston
Agree. Renwick was a class act, and knew his shite.
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