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His name is Scott MacFarlane. For a journalist, he comes right out of central casting. He graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications. He was inducted into SU’s radio hall of fame. He won 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards working for several news organizations, most notably and recently CBS News.