FOG BLOG BROADCASTING LOG: LONGTIME CBS NEWS PERSON ROGER MUDD DIES AT 93:

Television journalist Roger Mudd, who was once Walter Cronkite's primary substitute at CBS, died Tuesday at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia, his family said.

Mudd's son Jonathan told CNN his father died of complications related to kidney failure. He was 93 years old.

Mudd began his television career in the 1950s in Richmond, Virginia, but worked his way up to CBS News as a hard-hitting political reporter. His no-nonsense style was on display as the host of the groundbreaking 1971 documentary "The Selling of the Pentagon," which unveiled the public relations operations at the US Department of Defense to convince Americans to back military conflicts.