Walter Cronkite, once known as the “most trusted man in America,” is dead at 92. He passed away at a time of tremendous changes in the media, particularly at his beloved CBS. As he would say, “That’s the way it is.”
Cronkite was the gold standard of the “old guard” — serious journalists who lead the networks during their most transformative and influential period. Yet, he also became one of the first celebrity journalists — a trend that would turn news into a personality driven industry (as vividly shown by his friend and contemporary Barbara Walters). Cronkite’s celebrity and iconic status, however, was not so troubling because he was a serious and honorable newsman. He offered a sober and unbiased look at the news and world leaders. He was recruited in 1950 by the other great icon of his generation: Edward R. Murrow
CBS is now struggling with a ratings drive under Katie Couric, who is perhaps the greatest example of celebrity anchors. Couric’s celebrity status, however, never translated into ratings for the Tiffany Network and she has racked up some of the worst ratings in the history of the network.
He reportedly died from cerebrovascular disease and complications from dementia.
“Cronkite’s celebrity and iconic status, however, was not so troubling because he was a serious and honorable newsman. He offered a sober and unbiased look at the news and world leaders. He was recruited in 1950 by the other great icon of his generation: Edward R. Murrow.”
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Always concerned with the integrity and accuracy of his work, Cronkite embodied the seriousness of his material. And what material: from the assassination of Camelot, to Selma, to “One small step…,” , to “I am not a crook,” Cronkite served as the narrator to my history. Too often today, we endure the rise of the celebrity newsman, the celebrity doctor,the celebrity lawyer, even the celebrity politician–bubble-heads armed with mild accomplishments magnified by the prism of TV into “giants” of their professions with feet of clay. Weigh him against the crop of current day faux-anchors, O’Reilly, Beck, Couric, ad nauseum, and you will see what we have lost. I wonder when this cult of personality will end, so we can get back to world of the meritorious who have neither the face nor the disposition for celebrity, merely ability. It is they who seem to serve our interests, instead of their own.
Mespo:
I am in total agreement with your analysis,those of us who grew up with Mr.Cronkite,cringe at todays talking heads.
enoibob:
“those of us who grew up with Mr.Cronkite,cringe at todays talking heads.”
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However, it is amazing that so much silliness can utter forth from those heads simply filled with air and little else!
I remember reading a story a few years ago when LBJ was quoted as saying “If I have lost Cronkite I have lost middle America.” This was in response to the continued involvement in Viet Nam.
One of the most trusted, kind of reminds you of Walt Disney. Though they had different personal agendas.
AY:
“I remember reading a story a few years ago when LBJ was quoted as saying “If I have lost Cronkite I have lost middle America.” This was in response to the continued involvement in Viet Nam.”
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Pardon me, but I think “middle America” is over-rated. I think LBJ’s analysis would be better stated as he lost “thinking America.” As in most things, the middle follows the front and is burdened by the rear.
Mespo,
Well said. I also grew up watching and listening to Walter Cronkite. He was our eyes and our ears during big events in my lifetime. Whether it was the nightly reports on the debacle in Vietnam to the shooting of JFK to the space program, he was the one telling us what he saw, not what a particular political party wanted him to tell us. The concept of spinning the news was not even imagined and he would have had nothing of it. AY, I remember the LBJ story and he was correct. Vietnam was lost and Cronkite knew it and he told us so. His passing is the end of an era where the media was a watchdog and did challenge the authorities when something wasn’t right. He is already missed.
“CBS Legend Walter Cronkite Dies
“Most Trusted Man in America” Passes Away in New York at 92″
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/eveningnews/main5170556.shtml?tag=cbsContent;cbsCarousel
The very fact that jews like Walter Cronkite means that he was their puppet. Jews never have anything nice to say about anybody who says the smallest thing they don’t like. You can be certain that ol’ Walter was a supporter of Is-Ra-Hell!!!
He was just a guy who read what other people wrote.
Last week was the worship of Michael Jackson.
Thie week the jewish meida elevates Cronkite to god-hood.
Who will it be next week?
Glenn Greenwald has a revelatory interview with Chuck Todd on his website. The contrast between Mr. Todd and Walter Cronkite could not be greater. This nation is desperate for actual journalists and real reporting. I cannot imagine any of the major newsplayers (except for journalist, Helen Thomas), actually contradicting the authorities in our political, military and financial classes. We need people like Mr. Cronkite so badly. It is my guess that any network that hired someone like him would see their ratings soar. Here’s a small excerpt from GG that sums up so much of what I feel right now:
Tellingly, his most celebrated and significant moment…was when he stood up and announced that Americans shouldn’t trust the statements being made about the war by the U.S. Government and military, and that the specific claims they were making were almost certainly false. In other words, Cronkite’s best moment was when he did exactly that which the modern journalist today insists they must not ever do — directly contradict claims from government and military officials and suggest that such claims should not be believed. These days, our leading media outlets won’t even use words that are disapproved of by the Government.”
Mr Rafflaw
Did Walter Cronkite tell us about the June 8, 1967 attack on the USS Liberty by israel in order to blame the Egyptians and get US into their war. Did Cronkite tell about how LBJ had that recently dead traitor Robert McNamara call the navy jets back that were on their way to help the USS Liberty? Some 34 Americans died and 179 wounded. The men were threatened with prison if they spoke about the atrocities perpetraated by these fake friends of America.
Did Cronkite tell the world how the jews murdered hundreds of Egyptian POWs? No, I think not. Like I said, if jews like you, then you are no good. Period. To be good means that jews don’t like you.
Look what happened to Freeman. He was recently appointed by CommieObama, the first jewish president according to rabbis, but because he had said that we Americans need to be fair with the Arabs the jewish media with their shaboz goys crucified him.
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TruthBeKnown/BTK:
you are a despicable individual and have no business posting here. You are evil and your philosophy is evil, there is nothing even remotely redeeming in your views. that post to the site on the Rabbi thread was disgusting. That you believe in that stuff is even more disgusting. I have never even seen something that evil posted on this site.
You are a disgrace to humanity, you are a monkey with the mind and intelligence of a worm. If I could use profanity on this site and get away with it I would call you a monkey lover.
Indentured Servant
Have you reseached the USS Liberty?
Truth Be Known,
Did you have to study hard to become a hateful bigot or does it just come natural to you? Your questions aren’t worthy of a response. Go practice your trade on one of the white supremacist sites. You’ll fit in much better with that crowd.
I have vivid memories of Walter Cronkeit guiding us through a truly terrible time unfolding on our television screens those days in November of 1963.
We always called him “Cronky Walkeit” in our family, our own affectionate nickname for someone who was like a favorite, wise, uncle.
A true journalistic professional, teacher and decent human being.
And that’s the way it is.
TBK/BTK:
I know all about the USS liberty, supposedly it was an accident but it might not have been. However if I were in the same position as the Israeli government on the eve of a major war, I might do the same thing to save my soldiers if I had the slightest doubt that my intentions were going to be given up and cost the lives of my country men. So your point is what?
Yes I am a supporter of Israel because that country is the only country in the middle east that is 1) a democracy and 2) believes in individual liberty for their citizens.
All of the Arab countries are not democracies and from all indications do not give a red rats behind about individual liberty.
you are an evil person to even read this stuff let alone believe it, as I said before this is appalling, I have never visited one of those sights and to know that people that I deal with on a daily basis may think that way makes me viscerally ill. We as Americans have spent trillions of dollars and shed much blood to eradicate that type of thinking and we can do it again. You and your kind make me sick to my stomach.
you are evil to your rotten core.
Indentured Servant
Obviously you are not American but a treasonous traitor. You think those jews had a right to murder American sailors. How jew of you.
Now the truth comes out. You and your ilk are nothing but a bunch of blood thirsty zionists. Israel is not a democracy. It is a wretched god forsaken country run by rabbis. What rights do palestinians have whose ancestors go back to the time of Christ? These so-called jews are of Khazaria. How about the ten thousand men women and children as young as 10 years old in israeli prisons?
Look at yourself, you are the one who is full of hatred. You are such a self righteous jew or ‘christian’ zionist that you would like to gas me and my compatriots. You are so wonderful with your subservience to jews and their criminal network. Do you know about the jew controlled federal reserve?
Your hatred does not bother me. I know that you are a pathetic slave of jews. You would make excuses for israel if they dropped a nuclear bomb on your own hometown.
How would you like it if some commies from eastern europe stole your land? These jews use my tax dollars and shoot palestinian women and children as they go to school.
How about all the traitors in the US government who are dual israeli citizens?
So you don’t think jews are racists? Go to youtube and find the video of all the jews in israel calling obama the N word.
The world is waking up to the jew deception.
IS:
If you were walking along the street on a bright sunny day like today, and saw a soiled diaper lying directly in your path would you stop to rinse it off in the hopes of revitalizing its usefulness? If not, then why waste your time with another thing so obviously full of sh** like TBK?
Mespo72^3:
a diaper is morally neutral. BTK and his philosophy of life are evil. One may put a soiled diaper in the trash but one should always speak against evil and identify it as such.
Sh** serves two purposes and one is to fertilize barren wastelands. One has a duty to try and keep the sh** from doing its job.
I second Mespo’s statement about dealing with racists like TBK.
Why does everyone celebrate this guy? He was a Bohemian Grover and advocated a one world government. He accepted an award back in 1998 or 1999 from the World Federalist Association–and organization that strives for a one world government—-and guess who sent him a “congrats” by way of video in this clip? Hillary Clinton! Heres the clip:
Those of you who dont know what the Bohemian Grove is—-watch this film:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-82095917705734983&hl=en
Mespo
Jewservant
rafflaw
How come you racist jews have not refuted one thing I have said?
Since you are all so certain that I am just a liar why don’t you prove it? I wonder how you bastions of free speech and brotherly love feel about blacks, Hispanics and Arabs.
An aside:
I am not surprised at all that Cronkite was part of Bohemaian Grove. No wonder he was the favorite of the jew press. The so-called free press started this propaganda that Cronkite was “the most trusted man in America’.
TBK:
“Mespo
Jewservant
rafflaw
How come you racist jews have not refuted one thing I have said?”
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Your screeching irrationality and downright meanspiritedness do it for us, and, quite frankly, I see no obligation to divorce you from your hatred since it seems to always consume the hater.
“The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.”
–Eric Hofer (Jewish American philosopher, 1902-1983 (isn’t the irony delicious))
How many jews do you know love Arabs and Palestinians? ust bwcause some jew made that statement you expect me to accept it? Typical arrogance of your kind.
Irrational? Try this one:
“If a Jew kills a gentile, the Jew is to go free.”
–Babylonian Talmud: Sanhedrin 57a
TBK:
We are the joyous Hitler youth,
We do not need any Christian virtue
Our leader is our savior
The Pope and Rabbi shall be gone
We want to be pagans once again.”
- Song sung by Hitler youth
“They refer to me as an uneducated barbarian. Yes, we are barbarians. We want to be barbarians, it is an honored title to us. We shall rejuvenate the world. This world is near its end.”
- Rauschning, Hitler Speaks, p. 87
Why did you not comment on the Talmudic quote?
Too deep for you?
If Hitler really said those things then he was an SOB.
But what say you of jews killing gentiles and getting away with it?
I know that you agree with it.
Awww rabbi!!!
Here’s a quote for you”
“The Jewish people as a whole will become its own Messiah. It will attain world dominion by the dissolution of other races, by the abolition of frontiers, the annihilation of monarchy and by the establishment of a world republic in which the Jews will everywhere exercise the privilege of citizenship.
In this New World Order the children of Israel will furnish all the leaders without encountering opposition. The Governments of the different peoples forming the world republic will fall without difficulty into the hands of the Jews. It will then be possible for the Jewish rulers to abolish private property and everywhere to make use of the resources of the state. Thus will the promise of the Talmud be fulfilled, in which is said that when the Messianic time is come, the Jews will have all the property of the whole world in their hands.”
— Baruch Levy, Letter to Karl Marx, ‘La Revue de Paris’, p.574, June 1, 1928
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BTK:
I think the statement from Levy clearly shows that he is Marxist first and foremost masquerading as a Jew.
You are a cartoon, a David Duke wannabe or maybe a Klansman or a skinhead suck-up. You don’t even have original material or original thoughts, you are like Mespos proverbial diaper- full of sh**.
I hope you are not an American. I see you as some crazed Arab or a big fat white guy named Bubba with a pickup truck and an ugly fat wife and a hound dog named Ole Blu. Or possibly one of Loopy Louis’s boys. Which is it?
You guys crack me up.
I still have not heard a comment on the Talmud saying jews can kill entiles.C’mon boys!!
Where is your intellectual integrity?
Levy was a pure jew…
correction: I still have not heard one thing, not a one, concerningjews killing gentiles.
You dudes love everybody so much because you are the jews.
Calling me a dirty diaper. How brilliant and chosen of you.
BTK:
you are a sad nut job, sitting out there in your crazy land weaving conspiracy theories.
Anyway I have got news for you all races think their culture is the best and brightest.
You been having carnal knowledge of moonpies again down there in Alabama or Texas or maybe up there in Idaho licking frogs?
Your rapier like intellect has cut the Jewish race down to size and exposed them, so now just go away. Your work is done here.
Off Topic re: mods to the site.
If Word Press doesn’t have a ‘lock-out’ function based on name or URL the Professor might want to find a template that does ie: TBK and that ilk. Just say’n.
you are all pathetic. And I thought jews believed in freedon of speech.
Malcolm X was right about you people. You want to bad mouth everybody but when someone says the truth about you, you just want to shut him up.
I guess that I have given you pathetics enough to ponder.
Parting Shot:
Jews are so racist that they even get buried in a jewish cemetary. Now that’s sick.
tbk:
“Calling me a dirty diaper. How brilliant and chosen of you.”
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I didn’t call you a dirty diaper; I likened you to one. A dirty diaper, you see, at least served some useful purpose at one time. Based on what I have here, I can’t say the same for you.
Don’t be a hypocrite. When you compare someone to something you are in fact calling him that. At least have the integrity to say what you mean. I compare jews to demons because I believe they are the most evil and comtemptible creatures in the world.
TBK,
If I recall, this thread was about the legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite passing away. In your mind that is an excuse to ramble on about the evils of being Jewish. I grew up in Skokie and lived amongst and worked with several survivors of your friends camps and yet you ramble on about alleged Jewish atrocities. You have called people Jews, Jew lovers, Zionists among a few of your labels, but you still have not remarked about the passing of an American institution except to say he allegedly didn’t tell the American public about an alleged Jewish atrocity. It is time now for you to follow the lead of some of your role models. You can use your well educated brain to figure out which role models I am talking about.
You know I really love me some Palestinians
A mighty love as for the Jews
and I cannot get enough of those Arabs
and of course all Persians are faboo
Black people = sexy
Amerindians are the bomb
Hispanics are perhaps the greatest, as
There are so many sub-types to love
But let’s not hesitate to give credit where its due
Truth be known, the only thing I hate is you.
Oh Jason my boy, you crack me up. You should take your show out of the Krakow ghetto and hit the road.
You know of course I do not believe that you love those people you named.
Why don’t you get the book called You Gentiles. It’ll give you some pointers on the proper way to hate Gentile.
TruthBeKnown 1, July 19, 2009 at 12:58 am
Oh Jason my boy, you crack me up. You should take your show out of the Krakow ghetto and hit the road.
You know of course I do not believe that you love those people you named.
Why don’t you get the book called You Gentiles. It’ll give you some pointers on the proper way to hate Gentile.
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Sig Heil, der fuhrer. Sounds so much like the GOP party line. Point out the differences, capitalize on perceived defect, utilize that defect to your advantage and then tell them how you are better.
I like what a lot of folks have had to say. It is had to defend stupidity in any form. and BKT, TBK or however you purrfur to be called.
The next time you get sick and need to go to the doctor make sure you go to the person you are getting your information from. The medical community is compromised of a lot of high trained individuals. Would you believe that about 78 percent (read this some place) of the medical treatments that are in practice today were created by Jewish folks.
I bet you did not know that Hitler or his minions kept some jews around to perfect medical techniques that were vital to his war efforts.
So the next time you go to the Doctor tell them that you want nothing to do with penicillin. That they are to use a DNR if any device that is used was created by a person of jewish origin. Make your point, put it out.
I cannot tell if you are part of the problem or solution. You most certainly are the solution to your problem.
One of the Ironies of Hitler he perceived, white, blond hair and blue eyes as the ultimate Master Race and all others must die. Where would you have fit in?
Here’s a good one from the boys at red state update!
http://www.redstateupdate.com/video/walter-cronkite-dead-at-92
Cronkite was just another zionist jew who was chosen to be a talkng head. And part of all the secretive groups who choose our downfall (CFR, Bohemian Grove et al). Why on Earth would any non-zionist celebrate the life of this deviant, lying, spy? Especially if your skin is any color other than white, and if you are any sex other than male, and if you are any other religion than Ashkenazi jew (remember there is a very strict hierarchy of jews in Israel…)? This relatively small group of people laugh at our destruction; they enjoy it; their precious Talmud dictates it; they have literally perverted the “Judaism” practiced by the Biblical Israelites who were actually semites. Why are such a majority of American sheeple still so ignorant to the extent of the infiltration and rape of our country by such a parasitic, blood thirsty group? Bernie Maddoff is only one of thousands who have done what they have done. How do they do it? Control of the media, Congress, Cabinet, President’s Office, telecommunications, banking, Hollywood, Wallstreet. Truly an incredible business plan implemented by a relatively small group of Satanists over a couple hundred years. And this is by no means racist “jew bashing”. The majority of jews, especially Sephardics, are fine, hard working people who have mixed feelings about Israel and political Zionism to say the least. In fact, a good % of research and info about this evil scourge has come to light due to the courageous efforts and brave research by fellow jews, especially prior to the complete censorship of the MSM (pre-Depression era), and now fairly recently thanks to the internet. As an example, how many of you sheeple have read the English translation of the Babylonian Talmud??!! Eye opening to say the least…
Wake up all people of color; all women; all non-zionists; all good hearted jews!!!!!! See the TRUTH.
Totally agree with TruthBeKnown here. Whenever you call a Jew out on their BS, and they cant respond back within the structure of a fair logical debate, the Godwin Law is inevitable.
‘ANTI-SEMITE!! RACIST!! OMG HITLER!!’ As recently seen when Ben Stein called Ron Paul an ‘anti-semite’ for disapproving of American involvement in Yemen, during the Larry King show. Who by the way is a jew himself, who did nothing but laugh like the zionist, 8 timed divorced, evil grinch he is.
Jews are in no way, shape or form, considered a race of people. So say the Chief Rabbi’s themselves! Its a religion, not a race, and always has been. Their words, not mine. But that doesn’t stop the psychotic secular Zionist homosexual hollywood/jersey cabal from claiming otherwise, and therefore anything remotely showing Jews in a bad light, is instantaneously deemed ‘evil’ and ‘racist’… as we mind-numbingly see in these comment reactions from the likes of mespo727272 and IndenutredServant.
Never the less, jews will be jews. Its the nature of the beast. Their back biting, deceptive, supremist, self-righteous, greedy, morally corrupt culture is ingrained from birth. We gentiles are simply not human and do not deserve the ‘secretes of the temple’. What a wonderfully Holy book the Talmud is. Jesus is going to kick your ass one day, i just hope im alive to see it. Did you know Muslims believe in Jesus as well as Christians? Its amazing to me. 4+ Billion people believe in Jesus Christ and his warnings about the fake jews who feed off humanity.
Four… Billion… People. Hmmmm, how many people practice Judaism? what, maybe 40million? which 70% consider themselves secular and dont even practice the religious side. Which is ironic because if you dont practice Judaism as a religion then you’re not a jew. So its safe to say, the majority of self proclaimed “Jews” are really just confused morons living in a fantasy world created by images on a movie screen. haha…
How utterly pathetic and sad.
There is no future for Israel and never was. It is being used as bait to bring the 2nd coming of Christ. At which time God will completely destroy it and all its wicked people. So prophesized in the book of Revelations. Thats not me talking.. thats the Christian Zionist who supposedly ‘got yo back’ lol.
So enjoy your future as a Christian Zionist Guinea pig you wretched faggots. I got my popcorn waiting for the show.