Legendary anchorman Walter Cronkite dies at 92
ShutterBun
can't be a single one of us here who hasn't seen & heard Cronkite's
breaking news announcements about JFK's assassination, and his subsequent
announcement of the President's death, with the oh-so- telling action of
removing his glasses, clearing his throat, and continuing to read.
Cronkite later acknowledged it as a violation of basic journalistic
ethics, but added that he had now regrets whatsoever about his rare show
of emotion.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts424
I am also an enthusiast of the Space Program, particularly Apollo, and
there, too, Cronkite was THE source for news. Who can forget his (rare!)
moment of speechlessness and obvious boyish glee upon the Eagle touching
down on the moon?
Again, I appologize if this is off-topic, and undoubtedly there are better
outlets for this news, but it seems to me that Cronkite and the JFK
assassination are interminably linked. Cronkite and the assassination
intersected on several occasions, notably the first "Warren Report"
special aired by CBS in 1964, then a special "White Paper" in 1967, and
again for PBS's "NOVA" episode covering the assassination, 25 years later.
He'll be missed.
Peter Makres
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Yes, he will be missed indeed.
WRSampson
No worries man. Including a tribute to Walter is entirely appropriate.
Hard to imagine all the years that have passed since his days as anchor.
I'll bet in a way he would be dissappointed not to be with us for the 40th
anniversary of the landing on the moon.
RIP Walter
Anthony Marsh
> This is of only semi-related relevance to this group, but I daresay there
> breaking news announcements about JFK's assassination, and his subsequent
> announcement of the President's death, with the oh-so- telling action of
> removing his glasses, clearing his throat, and continuing to read.
> Cronkite later acknowledged it as a violation of basic journalistic
> ethics, but added that he had now regrets whatsoever about his rare show
> of emotion.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts424
>
You might also tend to forget that one caller told him that he was happy
that Kennedy was dead because he never liked him. In a recent
retrospective they played an interview in which Chronkite said that he
interviewed Kennedy and did not think Kennedy was fit to be President.
> I am also an enthusiast of the Space Program, particularly Apollo, and
> there, too, Cronkite was THE source for news. Who can forget his (rare!)
> moment of speechlessness and obvious boyish glee upon the Eagle touching
> down on the moon?
>
> Again, I appologize if this is off-topic, and undoubtedly there are better
> outlets for this news, but it seems to me that Cronkite and the JFK
> assassination are interminably linked. Cronkite and the assassination
> intersected on several occasions, notably the first "Warren Report"
> special aired by CBS in 1964, then a special "White Paper" in 1967, and
> again for PBS's "NOVA" episode covering the assassination, 25 years later.
>
> He'll be missed.
>
Who was it who said we should not speak ill of the dead? How long should
that last? Many of us researchers have always hated Chronkite for his
being a CIA stooge and participating in the cover-up. Dan Rather the same
thing.
jas
Leave it to Tony Marsh to post an absolutely inappropriate remark
about a person (Mr. Cronkite) whom he never, in his wildest dreams,
could even approach a mere one hundredth of the stature,
accomplishments, and integrity of.
Insert a rather large and long raspberry here for Mr. Marsh.
WhiskyJoe
Outside of a hand few who wrote major books on
the subject, Gerald Posner, Vincent Bugliosi and
Dale Myers, Walter Cronkite was the most prominent
LNer. A good man of good sense who recognized that
Oswald most likely killed JFK alone. A basically
good man, who, like other basically good men,
like Officer J. D. Tippit, seem to attract a
lot of criticism from people who are not so good.
And that's the way it is.