July 18, 200917 yr Today's younger generation can't fully appreciate Walter Cronkite. They can't fathom not getting ANY national news until 6:30 in the evening. They can't fathom only 3 channels for news. To those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, Walter Cronkite WAS the news.
July 18, 200917 yr One of the most iconic moments in television history: We've all seen the video of Walter Cronkite announcing the President's death hundreds of times. For some reason the part I always remember is him looking up at the clock.
July 18, 200917 yr I would be curious to see how Walter Cronkite's editorial on the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive would be received today. My guess is there would be many questioning if he was a patriot and I'm sure the L word would be thrown about. Regardless, even President Johnson acknowledged the impact saying something like "We've lost Cronkite so we've lost Middle America."
July 18, 200917 yr Long time news anchor Walter Cronkite passed away tonight with his family by his side. Cronkite was 92 years of age. What I remeber about Cronkite is that one would never know what political beliefs he personally had. Cronkite always reported the news story fair to all and left his personal feelings out of it, that quality today is long gone at any news network anywhere.....One who made the story the news, not themselves. R.I.P. Walter Cronkite http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533660,00.html
July 18, 200917 yr Today's younger generation can't fully appreciate Walter Cronkite. They can't fathom not getting ANY national news until 6:30 in the evening. They can't fathom only 3 channels for news. To those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, Walter Cronkite WAS the news. :thumb::thumb:
July 18, 200917 yr One fun story that I heard about him tonight was that he has a passion for sailing and frequently weny saling on his yacht. Cronkite named his yacht "Assigment" and often when Cronkite was not on the evening news his replacement would open the broadcast by saying......."This is (insert name), sitting in for Walter Cronkite who is away on assigmment". :lol::lol:
July 18, 200917 yr Today's younger generation can't fully appreciate Walter Cronkite. They can't fathom not getting ANY national news until 6:30 in the evening. They can't fathom only 3 channels for news. To those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s, Walter Cronkite WAS the news. Very true.
July 18, 200917 yr I have a first edition of Cronkite's 1996 autobiography "A Reporter's Life". Interesting read.
July 18, 200917 yr Wasn't he the guy who brought EDITORIALS into news reporting? I would credit Edward R. Murrow before Walter. Cronkite injected our human emotions into his reporting more than his "editorial" slant. The first time he probably was "editorial" was after he went to Vietnam just after Tet. In that newscast he presented "his opinion" of the quagmire that Vietnam had become and quite frankly he was probably right, IMO. I will miss him. He is a visual of my childhood and youth and will forever be for me a great example of television news broadcasting. :thumb:
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