RIP Walter Cronkite
NZDude
Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as "Uncle Walter" for his
easygoing, measured delivery and "the most trusted man in America" for
his rectitude and gravitas, has died, CBS reported Friday.
Cronkite was 92.
His career spanned much of the 20th century, as well as the first
decade of the 21st. The native of St. Joseph, Missouri, broke in as a
newspaper journalist while in college, switched over to radio
announcing in 1935, joined the United Press wire service by the end of
the decade and jumped to CBS and its nascent television news division
in 1950. He also made his mark as an Internet contributor in his later
years with a handful of columns for the Huffington Post.
He covered World War II's Battle of the Bulge, the Nuremberg trials,
several presidential elections, moon landings, the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy and the Watergate scandal of President
Richard Nixon's administration.
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RIP to the last great newsman this country ever produced.
No one on the air today could even lace his shoes.
NZD
polymod
For those not old enough to remember, there will be no other that comes even
close.
Poly
"NZDude" <nz_r...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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JW
wrote:
There's some kind of stupid poll going around and they have are trying
to compare today's clowns with someone like Walter Cronkite. Katie
Couric? What a ***king laugh.
skep...@aol.com
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:31:13 -0400, "polymod" <poly...@optonline.net>
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> > RIP Walter.
> >For those not old enough to remember, there will be no other that comes even
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> >news:ca93a462-7aab-445e...@m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> >>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/17/walter.cronkite.dead/index.html
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> >> Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as "Uncle Walter" for his
> >> easygoing, measured delivery and "the most trusted man in America" for
> >> his rectitude and gravitas, has died, CBS reported Friday.
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> >> Cronkite was 92.
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> >> His career spanned much of the 20th century, as well as the first
> >> decade of the 21st. The native of St. Joseph, Missouri, broke in as a
> >> newspaper journalist while in college, switched over to radio
> >> announcing in 1935, joined the United Press wire service by the end of
> >> the decade and jumped to CBS and its nascent television news division
> >> in 1950. He also made his mark as an Internet contributor in his later
> >> years with a handful of columns for the Huffington Post.
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> >> He covered World War II's Battle of the Bulge, the Nuremberg trials,
> >> several presidential elections, moon landings, the assassination of
> >> President John F. Kennedy and the Watergate scandal of President
> >> Richard Nixon's administration.
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> >> Article continues
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> >> RIP to the last great newsman this country ever produced.
> >> No one on the air today could even lace his shoes.
> >> NZD
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> There's some kind of stupid poll going around and they have are trying
> to compare today's clowns with someone like Walter Cronkite. Katie
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Walter Cronkite was not a friend of the common person. He was just the
Dan Rather of the day, lying day in and day out to serve his masters
and Capitalism. He is often credit by being the mainstream talking
head to finally say the Viet Nam war of agression, torture and mass
murder was finally lost by his Imperial Masters. But when Cronkite
said this the ruling class already had decided for itself that the
colonial war was being defeated by the Vietnamese people and Socialism
and his role was to admit failure late in the game. Project Censored
dedicated a recent book to him and he had been an advisor.
Rusty Wilson
You wrote...
> RIP to the last great newsman this country ever produced.
> No one on the air today could even lace his shoes.
> NZD
Those are very strong words. There are many well-trained and very serious
journalists on the air today, in spite of all the hostility the media
generates. While it's certainly not the trend, journalism (as opposed to
what we read on the internet) is still an honorable, valuable calling.
Having said that, I could not agree with you more. Walter Cronkite even
dwarfed the so-called "Gods" of the news biz...guys like Ed Murrow. He was
simply the best, and while there have been highly respected journalists
before and since (Peter Jennings comes to mind), I don't believe anyone will
ever come close to Uncle Walter's impact, credibility, and class.
A great newsman, a great man.
Mario
No one. Amen.
JW
Correction ... you lie day and night. Cronkite just reported the news
and he had fact to back him up. Try doing that some time and you
might be believed one day.
skep...@aol.com
> On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:35:15 -0700 (PDT), "skepti...@aol.com"
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Correction: Cronkite reported the events the ruling class wanted him
to brainwash people with.