Mark Shields, political analyst on CNN and PBS ‘NewsHour,’ dies at 85By Brian Stelter and Nicole Goodkind, CNNMark Shields, the political sage and longtime analyst for CNN and PBS, died Saturday morning at the age of 85, the anchor of PBS NewsHour confirmed. Shields was a liberal political commentator on the broadcast for 33 years, through six presidential administrations, until he decided to retire in 2020. Shields, originally from Weymouth, Massachusetts, graduated from the University of Notre Dame before serving in the United States Marine Corps. “I believe in politics,” Shields wrote for NPR’s “This I Believe” series in 2006, expressing both optimism about peaceful conflict resolution and pragmatism about the need for compromise. Shields died of kidney failure at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, NewsHour spokesman Nick Massella told NPR.

Source: CNN June 19, 2022 00:33 UTC