Walter Cronkite Dies

[TheBigA]

Veteran CBS newsman Walter Cronkite died in New York today at the age of 92.   

[iused2bsomebody]

The greatest news anchor that ever lived. A man who wanted to report the facts. Katy Couric said, " he was a stickler about getting it right and would check his sources over and over again before he reported a story." In todays 24 hour cable, digital get it now and get it on the air even if it might not be right. News people everywhere should take this to heart and remember what a important lesson Walter taught us all. And thats the way it should be!

[oaktree]

"And that's the way it is ... this 17th of July, 2009. I'm Walter Cronkite ... goodnight."

It's amazing reading from younger people who never got to watch Mr. Cronkite and his 19 year tenure as the anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News," his reporting on President Kennedy's murder, the funeral, hiss comments on Vietnam, the history of the Nixon presidency and its historic downfall, his "Hot dog!" remark when Neil Armstrong stepped first on the moon just 40 years ago yesterday and his final signoff before Dan Rather took the anchor's chair at CBS in the early 80s about news people who age and just  ".... fade away. Dan Rather will take this seat on Monday ... and so, for the final time, that's the way ... " ... he will be deeply and respectfully missed by many many people, still.

Some of the comments ae not very kind and downright rude, as if the problems of the world so reported were Cronkite's fault, as he was dubbed "The Most Trusted Man In America."

A lot of people didn't like that, nor the team assembled by Edward R. Murrow and assumed by Cronkite at CBS.

For integrity, credibility and trust .... especially now, there will never be another Walter Cronkite.  The word "icon" was something he grew into ... and he became TV's biggest.

I do hope that Paul Harvey met him at the Pearly Gates with a hearty welcome today.

Rest In Peace, Mr. Cronkite ... and thank you very much for all you've inspired, motivated and left us as broadcasters in remembering "that's the way it .... was."


http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=3612
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCJTLISFIuQ

[stationless listener]

That's the thing. He gave you the facts, whether or not you like to read them.

Today, it is all about touchy-feeliness. Political correctness run amok. News organizations have to filter their work through various interest groups before running any particular story, it seems.

[oaktree]

To update the paraphrasing of Mr. Cronkite's last signoff ...

"This is my last broadcast as the anchorman of The CBS Evening News; for me, it's a moment for which I long have planned, but which, nevertheless, comes with some sadness. For almost two decades, after all, we've been meeting like this in the evenings, and I'll miss that. But those who have made anything of this departure, I'm afraid have made too much. This is but a transition, a passing of the baton. A great broadcaster and gentleman, Doug Edwards, preceded me in this job, and another, Dan Rather, will follow. And anyway, the person who sits here is but the most conspicuous member of a superb team of journalists; writers, reporters, editors, producers, and none of that will change. Furthermore, I'm not even going away! I'll be back from time to time with special news reports and documentaries, and, beginning in June, every week, with our science program, Universe. Old anchormen, you see, don't fade away; they just keep coming back for more. And that's the way it is: Friday, March 6, 1981. I'll be away on assignment, and Dan Rather will be sitting in here for the next few years. Good night."

RIP.

[TheBigA]

And "on assignment" was the name of his sailboat.

[Bill DeFelice]

I, for one, am glad to have witnessed his delivery of the news first-hand. There'll never be another one like him.

[disney fanatic]

I remember Walter Kronkite for years when he was on TV. He also did the narration for Spaceship Earth at Epcot at Walt Disney World many years ago before Jeremy Irons took over. Remember the song "Tomorrow's Child"? RIP

[radioman148]

Veteran CBS newsman Walter Cronkite died in New York today at the age of 92.   

He reported the news. No opinions, no slants. We could sure use a few like him today. He was respected by everyone. Unfortunately we'll never see anyone remotely close to him again.

RIP