Walter Cronkite

The "Absurd" TV News Cult Of Personality

Los Angeles Times | Howard Rosenberg | Posted 07.14.2008 | Media


Tailored suit, tasteful hair, good posture, all business, only rare hints of perkiness. I've been checking out Katie Couric, really putting the evil ...

Tom Brokaw, You're No Tim Russert

Mark Joseph | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media


Mark Joseph

Please NBC, let Brokaw resume his status as elder statesmen and reminder to us all of a generation of newsmen who seemed to think that they were better and smarter than their viewers.

Indiana Jones, Tofu, and the Quest for Immortality

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living


Bruce Friedrich

With the Indiana Jones dynasty back in all its glory (including a tidal wave of corporate tie-ins), I'm tempted to re-rent my favorite of the four mov...

Everything's Weird Until You Get Used to It

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living


Steven Crandell

Change is essential to save our planet. And we need to get over our resistance to the "weirdness" of doing things differently.

Roger Mudd's Revenge

Al Eisele | Posted 04.19.2008 | Media


Al Eisele

Former CBS newsman Roger Mudd has written his memoir, and it's not likely to endear him to his former colleagues.

I Am Incurious and Yellow

Steven Weber | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media


Steven Weber

The recent duh-bates evoke fashion shows where propped-up models strut their cotton-mouth pouts and spout the season's latest trends.

Walter Cronkite To Join Retirement Living TV

Baltimore Sun | David Zurawik | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media


Walter Cronkite, the most widely known and respected anchorman in network TV history, will be joining the Columbia-based Retirement Living TV channel ...

In Bloggo Gravitas: BriWi On SNL, In His Own Words

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.03.2007 | Media


Why should Williams cross his fingers and hope his message takes with reporters when he can get it out there himself? He's a blogger, dammit, no man speaks for him!

Good Grief! Celebrating Peanuts

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.29.2007 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Tonight on PBS's American Masters, they take a close look at the life of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. Linked to the new biography by David Michaeli...

Just Give Me Some Truth

Peter Mehlman | Posted 10.10.2007 | Politics


Peter Mehlman

The lament (in liberal circles) is that, no matter what crimes the Bush administration commits, nothing sticks.

Clooney Lets Cronkite Handle His Oscar

Huffington Post | Posted 10.09.2007 | Media


On Monday, George Clooney stopped by "Late Night With David Letterman" to promote his film "Michael Clayton." After being asked about his Oscar, the a...

Cronkite Comes Back

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 09.17.2007 | Media


In accordance with CBS policy at the time, Walter Cronkite retired from the "CBS Evening News" in 1981 at age 65. "Old anchormen, you see, don't fade...


 

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