Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years. During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. He reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth4 November 1916
CitySaint Joseph, MO
CountryUnited States of America
It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself informed as to what the government is doing.
The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.
I never had the ambition to be something. I had the ambition to do something.
And that's the way it is.
The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.
Would it be better to have a president who cries easily? Well, that depends on what he cried about. I would not like the thought of a president who could not cry. That would be worse than one who cried over the right things. Which, in this case, would be the things I would cry over.
Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.
Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need.
Leaving San Francisco is like saying goodbye to an old sweetheart. You want to linger as long as possible.
Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.
Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.
It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.
I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am a registered independent because I find that I cast my votes not on the basis of party loyalty but on the issues of the moment and my assessment of the candidates.
America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.