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9:19 AM 8/2/2012 __________________________________________________________________________________ News Gore Vidal, 86, Was Writer, Polemicist and a 'Public Scold' Gore Vidal, 86, Was Writer, Polemicist and a 'Public Scold' Gore Vidal, 86, Was Writer, Polemicist and a 'Public Scold' First and foremost a writer, Gore Vidal never shied away from expressing his thoughts to the public, from appearances on the Johnny Carson Show, to his essays in The Nation. Jeffrey Brown talks to Middlebury College's Jay Parini, who says Gore never stopped writing, reading and thinking in his lifetime. From: PBSNewsHour Views: 0 0 ratingsTime: 08:58 More in News & Politics Source: Uploads by PBSNewsHour