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Title: "And That's the Way It Is..." Post by: FOTD on June 19, 2009, 11:14:05 am http://cbs5.com/national/walter.cronkite.ill.2.1051042.html
CBS News Legend Cronkite Reportedly Near Death Remember when NEWS was honest? When it was fair and balanced? Title: Re: "And That's the Way It Is..." Post by: FOTD on July 17, 2009, 06:29:33 pm http://men.style.com/details/features/landing?id=content_4713
WISE GUY: WALTER CRONKITE The 88-year-old news legend is against dirty words and tobacco. Sex, liquor, and the Grateful Dead are fine. By Jeff Gordinier; Photograph by Nadav Kander On the 40th anniversary of our mutual voyage.... Way to go Cronkite....you were our internet once upon a time long ago... Title: Re: "And That's the Way It Is..." Post by: FOTD on July 17, 2009, 07:02:32 pm [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8Q3cqGs7I[/youtube]
Walter Cronkite was a great journalist, which seems to be a dieing breed these days. Title: Re: "And That's the Way It Is..." Post by: FOTD on July 18, 2009, 12:19:21 pm [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9dypuCEqEA[/youtube]
Uncle Walter got it! Title: Re: "And That's the Way It Is..." Post by: FOTD on July 18, 2009, 12:22:18 pm Speechless....what a time it was.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNUMq9Sq8mc&feature=fvw[/youtube] Title: Re: "And That's the Way It Is..." Post by: FOTD on July 19, 2009, 11:15:02 pm Anybody see 60 Minutes? Best one hour remembrance of a part of life before the internet when the news was fair and balanced. The history he reported made him the most trusted man in America. A title no man will ever hold again.
The guy was such a kid at heart. He was a careful drinker. Walter too was a friend of the devil. "He was for good." Mickey Hart |