Cronkite

Walter Cronkite Records Destroyed By FBI

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media


A search of the agency's main index of the subjects of FBI investigations found some records tied to Cronkite's name were destroyed in October 2007, t...

Obama Salutes Walter Cronkite At Memorial Service

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — By all accounts, Walter Cronkite would have loved the war stories swapped and memories rekindled at his memorial service. All that wa...

Walter Cronkite: A Yet Further Reappraisal

Bill Barol | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media


Bill Barol

It has never been confirmed that Mr. Cronkite and Frank Sinatra engaged in a drunken, floor-clearing brawl over Ava Gardner at Mike Romanoff's Beverly Hills restaurant.

Farewell Walter Cronkite

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media


Joe Peyronnin

At the funeral today, Andy Rooney recounted how they met during World War II, when the Air Force would arrange to take them on bombing missions. Rooney became too upset to go on and stepped down.

Cronkite Unplugged

Allison Silver | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media


Allison Silver

Missing from the laudatory "Appreciations" is a sense of Cronkite as a serious journalist who understand that accurately reporting the news was the most important job around.

Lessons You Can Learn from Walter Cronkite: Why He Was the Most Trusted Man in America

Charles H. Green | Posted 08.19.2009 | Media


Charles H. Green

when so many people from so many eras and walks of life agree that Walter Cronkite was TMTMA--he must have touched more than a few trust bases. What were they?