"There’s nothing special. I just talk funny," Keith Morrison said in an interview with USA Today, lowering his voice for a gag. "The older you get, your voice tends to get a little more rounded or mellow. I have been in this business a very long time, and I have listened to tapes when I was doing items for Nightly News or for Canadian television, many years ago, and I sound like I'm trying to do an imitation of Walter Cronkite or something."
We beg to differ, Keith. And while we all tend to think Keith's buttery smooth voice is the epitome of perfection, he keeps his tone in mind when interviewing people.
"From the very beginning, I felt like there was something obviously that needed to be done here, but something that could be also very invasive," Keith explained.
"When you're doing a story about the worst thing that's ever happened to a family, to a mother, to a brother or sister, anybody, and you've got them sitting across from you, and there are cameras pointed at them everywhere, and you know in your head you're going to be asking them some very personal questions, which they probably wouldn't tell even a friend, and you're gonna put it on television — you have to be aware that that is a little invasive."
That's fair. There's a time and a place for theatrics.
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