Letters: 'The Scream' and Swift Boat Ads

By Robert Siegel,

Published August 25, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT

NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Melissa Block read from listeners' letters in response to stories we aired on the theft of Edward Munch's "The Scream," Mike Shuster's final installment of the history of the Middle East and the West, and our point and counterpoint commentaries on the Swift Boat Veterans anti-Kerry TV ads.

Robert Siegel

Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.

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Melissa Block

As special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs, Melissa Block brings her signature combination of warmth and incisive reporting. Her work over the decades has earned her journalism's highest honors, and has made her one of NPR's most familiar and beloved voices.

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Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.

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