Walter Cronkite Dead

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The New Walter

Lee Schneider | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

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Now that everybody's got their own mic, you have to fact check everybody. You need to know their motivations and who's paying them. You have to be your own Walter.

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Walter Cronkite: A Yet Further Reappraisal

Bill Barol | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media

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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.

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Frank Rich: Most Trusted Man In News Can't Be "Outsourced To Comedy Central And Jon Stewart"

nytimes.com | FRANK RICH | Posted 08.25.2009 | Media

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That's why the past week's debate about whether there could ever again be a father-figure anchor with Cronkite's everyman looks and sonorous delivery ...

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That Cronkite School of Journalism -- An ASU Alum Looks Back

Greg Archer | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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I can't help but wonder what that solid, creative titan of a man would have thought of 21st century broadcast media (and some print media) before he passed on.

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Walter Cronkite Funeral Draws Family, Friends, Colleagues (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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By Frazier Moore, Associated Press NEW YORK — Walter Cronkite was remembered as a great journalist, sailor, friend and father during services t...

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Walter and Me

Jon Bowermaster | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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People suggested to Walter that he should run for President himself. "I think we'll wait and see how many uncommitteds there are after New Hampshire," he said. "And then maybe we'll go after them."

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Walter Cronkite's Funeral: LIVE VIDEO

Huffington Post | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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Watch live streaming video of Walter Cronkite's funeral, November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News ab...

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Walter Cronkite: What America Lost

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

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It may be difficult for people under the age of 40 to fathom what an imprint Walter Cronkite had on my generation. He has been called the most trusted man in America, and possibly he was.

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Iconomania: Michael, Walter and Nelson

Danny Schechter | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

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What a time for Iconomania, none of it critical, none of it questioning, none offering deeper perspective or leading to very revealing coverage.

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Five Things You Didn't Hear About Walter Cronkite

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

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Stories from before Cronkite was Cronkite

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Michael Jackson and Walter Cronkite

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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We have lost all sense of proportion, balance and priority. The comparative response to these deaths can only be considered pathetic.

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Walter Cronkite PHOTOS: The Legendary Newsman Out In NY

Huffington Post | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York

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Legendary newsman, Walter Cronkite, passed away this Friday. The former CBS anchorman was a staple in the New York media world. Photographer Patrick ...

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Cronkite Coverage That Might Make Cronkite Cringe

Dan Abrams | Posted 08.18.2009 | Home

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Even in reporting on his death many journalists have violated one of Cronkite's basic tenets: report the news don't become it.

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Walter Cronkite

Ken Levine | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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He was just... Uncle Walter. The most trusted man in America. And now that voice has been silenced. We've lost the last true journalist the broadcast industry will ever see.

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Walter Cronkite, Anchorman: When Holdin' It Down Lifted U.S. Up

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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When we lose public figures who become such an enduring part of our private lives, we lose a part of ourselves. We also realize, like Dylan Thomas, that we too, won't go gently into that good night.

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Cronkite -- Words Fail

Stephen Herrington | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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But for him, we would not know ourselves even as well as we do.

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Walter Cronkite: When He Wasn't 'The Most Trusted Man in America'

Dan Dubno | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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As we mourn "the most trusted man in America" we also mourn the kind of television news that no longer exists. Today, the job he perfected has largely lost its relevance.

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Remembering Walter

Jeff Gralnick | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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I worked directly with Walter in the early days of broadcast news. No matter how big he became, there was an essential decency and humanity along with his drive to know and understand each story.

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Obama: Cronkite Was A Reporter Who "Never Let Us Down"

AP | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised broadcasting icon Walter Cronkite as a newsman who "never let us down." Cronkite got kind words from...

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The End of An Era. And That's the Way It Was. Walter Chronkite.

Michelle Kraus | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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Cronkite heralded an age that ha fallen by the wayside for ratings. The bitter irony is that the issues are as compelling today as they were fifty years ago, and we hunger for information and commentary that we can trust.

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"Walter Kronkite" On Twitter: Legendary Anchor's Name Misspelled By The Masses

Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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Even though the news legend Walter Cronkite appeared in living rooms across America for decades, it appears the Twitter generation has trouble spellin...

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Walter Cronkite At Work (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS News anchor who died today at 92, reported on many historic events from the JFK assassination and the civil rights ...

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Walter Cronkite, a Journalism Role Model

Don McNay | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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Although I am sure that Walter Cronkite had friends in politics, he did not give money to political campaigns or actively support candidates. I won't either.

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Walter Cronkite's Words: Read His Blogs

Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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The legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite is dead at age 92. Among many other achievements, "the most trusted man in America" helmed the "CBS Evenin...

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Walter Cronkite Dead: Legendary Newsman Dies At 92

Huffington Post/CBS News | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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Scroll down for videos of Cronkite at his best Walter Cronkite, the legendary TV news anchor once known as the "most trusted man in America," has die...

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