Walter Cronkite, 1916 – 2009

Published on July 17th, 2009

Posted by Eideard in General, Politics

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“The most trusted man in America” has died, Age 92.

He will be missed.

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# 1 SparkyOne said, on July 17th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

shit

# 2 PMitchell said, on July 17th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

and that’s the way it was for the last time

# 3 qb said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:02 pm

His Apollo 11 coverage was a classic. He still is the standard.

# 4 Stu Mulne said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

Been hearing him all over TV on “moonshot” coverage promos….

Guess they’ll change some of those….

Cronkite probably anchored more of those launchings than NASA.

Definitely will miss the guy.

# 5 Jägermeister said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

Great guy.

# 6 Bill R. said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

# 7 faxon said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:34 pm

End of an era. Dan Carlin talked about him recently on one of his two podcasts. Comparing today’s news operations with the real newsmen. A full life, well lived. I can’t imagine comparing the current network news readers (the bimbo on CBS????) to him in any way. None of them could shine his shoes.

# 8 ECA said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

truth and nothing but the truth..

# 9 homehive said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:51 pm

For some of our younger citizens, let me explain why Walter Cronkite is so beloved by the American Left Wing. If Barack Obama is treated as a “Living God”, Walter Cronkite is felt to be a new John the Baptist, a prophet of the new socialist order. His television broadcasts showed them what they could do to this country if they controlled (there were only three networks in his day) the U.S news media. He was their FUTURE.

# 10 Dallas said, on July 17th, 2009 at 7:55 pm

A great American indeed. I thought he was long deceased.

# 11 Uncle Patso said, on July 17th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

So long Uncle Walter, and thanks for all the news.

# 12 Floyd said, on July 17th, 2009 at 8:35 pm

#9: Walter Cronkite always signed off “And that’s the way it is” at the end of a broadcast. Despite what “homehive” claims, Walter told the news the way it was, and didn’t sugar coat it with platitudes or “happy news.” I want newscasters that are the real thing again….

# 13 Bohemian Grove said, on July 17th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

Brother Walter, we will sacrifice Dull Care for you this year.

# 14 deowll said, on July 17th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

Cronkite and Huntley reported the news. You could trust them. They deserved respect.

Most of the guys that claim to be news anchors now are little more than liberal propaganda outlets which is why Fox is killing them.

If you are a conservative or middle of the road you end up watching Fox at least some of the time if you want to know what’s going on and if you are liberal you still end up watching Fox because the guys on the other networks can’t be counted on to keep and eye on the President or Congress. They are too busy acting as agents of the Democratic party to give a clue about what the other side thinks and why.

# 15 Glenn E. said, on July 17th, 2009 at 11:47 pm

Walter may have been “most trusted”. But I wonder if he really did anything to deserve it? I doubt he strayed outside of strictly imposed network guidelines. And his rejection of the Vietnam war came pretty much when it was a dead duck with everyone else, already. Soon even Hollywood was dissing war with movies like “Catch 22″, “MASH”, “R.P.M.”, and “The Strawberry Statement”. Whereas earlier, it was all “The Alamo”, “Guns of Navarone” and “Where Eagles Dare”. I guess it was permitted in 1970, of Hollywood, to start denouncing war. But not before then.

So while Walter C. didn’t lie about what he saw in Vietnam. He didn’t exactly go out on any limbs against it, until its near end.

# 16 Chris Mac said, on July 17th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

oldnews.. that matters

Mj and other false gods.. not so much

# 17 BubbaRay said, on July 18th, 2009 at 1:39 am

Man on the moon…and a tear. It doesn’t get any better than that.

# 18 RTaylor said, on July 18th, 2009 at 3:56 am

A calming voice of reason in a crazed world.

# 19 uteck said, on July 18th, 2009 at 5:23 am

Does this mean that we can get wind turbines off the coast of Massachusetts now? Walter was one of the chief opponents.
He had the chance to be part of the solution for the next generation, but it ruined his view, so everyone must suffer for his elitist ‘view’.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/06/26/sunday/main560595.shtml

# 20 Dallas said, on July 18th, 2009 at 5:28 am

Bill O’Reilly claims Cronkite inspired him to be the most trusted man to Fox News viewers.

# 21 Cursor_ said, on July 18th, 2009 at 5:50 am

I’ve missed Cronkite since he left in 81.

92 is a very long time to be around. He deserves the rest.

Cursor_

# 22 Mr. Fusion said, on July 18th, 2009 at 7:58 am

Cronkite was just one man who helped bring journalism to a professional level.

Rupert Murdoch is just one man out to defeat all the great strides made by Cronkite.

# 23 talking about my generation said, on July 18th, 2009 at 8:47 am

So I click on d_vorak/blog this AM to see stories on Walter Cronkite then down the page Glenn Beck, oh how far we have fallen. May Cronkite’s ghost visit Beck and tell him he’s “As mad as hell and not going to take it anymore”. Na Beck’s just a bad actor visit Murdoch

Thank You Mr. Cronkite for setting the standard so high I hope some day the News can get back up there.

# 24 Iskander said, on July 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am

Why everybody is dying on these 2 damn doomed months !!!!

# 25 Jim said, on July 18th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

I remember a story about Walter. He was sailing his boat off Martha’s Vineyard and was getting too close to the swallow shoreline. Groups of people began to wave him off, he thought they had recognized him and just waved back.

# 26 MikeN said, on July 18th, 2009 at 1:16 pm

Missed by whom?
Most people never saw him on the air.
And in his later years he became a nut.

“I have a feeling that it [Osama bin Laden’s new videotape] could tilt the election a bit. In fact, I’m a little inclined to think that Karl Rove, the political manager at the White House, who is a very clever man, that he probably set up bin Laden to this thing.”

# 27 brendal said, on July 18th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

Even more poignant for me – my dad used to write a lot of the dialogue for him during the NASA space mission broadcasts. One of a kind.

# 28 talking about my generation said, on July 18th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

MikeN you just stick with Big Bill O. he is fair and balanced just enough to tell you only what you need to here to affirm how you want to think. Cronkite couldn’t hold a candle to him.

His Karl Rove comment was not out of line given all the clever shenanigans Karl has thought up.

# 29 BlackSun said, on July 18th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

#13, #26: Walter Cronkite : “I’m Glad To Sit On The Right Hand Of Satan”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTwce_ZLDw

# 30 laxdude said, on July 18th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

I am too young, I think, to have ever seen Cronkite, I am of the Dan Rather era.

To me Walter will be remembered for odd moon landing coverage viewed decades after the fact, and him whoring out his good name for the agri-evil that is ADM.

While I might not rank ADM with the likes of Union Carbide, but they are pretty damn close. The live in the tit of subsidy and have driven the US down the wrong road.

# 31 MikeN said, on July 19th, 2009 at 9:51 am

ADM was David Brinkley.

# 32 qb said, on July 19th, 2009 at 11:42 am

#28

I think MikeN is talking about this tape. Nothing suspicious about it at all.

Nothing suspicious about 6 point jump Bush got either. Nah, Karl’s a saint, just ask McCain after the ‘99 primaries.

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