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Walter Cronkite - Wikipedia

Walter Cronkite ... Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening ...

Walter Cronkite | Biography, Facts, & Views on Vietnam War

Walter Cronkite, American journalist and pioneer of TV news programming who was known as 'the most trusted man in America.

The Legend of Walter Cronkite | The New Yorker

Cronkite was “the most significant journalist of the second half of the twentieth century,” and that someone ought to write his biography.

Walter Cronkite - The Chroniclers - NASA

Cronkite was born in 1916 in St. Joseph's, Mo. After attending the University of Texas he worked for a public relations firm, newspapers and ...

What Made Walter Cronkite The Most Trusted Communicator in ...

Cronkite's story influenced then-President Johnson not to seek re-election, and it also started a trend toward greater truth-telling in the ...

Who Was Walter Cronkite? | - UO Blogs - University of Oregon

Walter Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on November 1, 1916. Walter and his parents, Helen Lena and Dr. Walter Leland Cronkite lived in Kansas City, ...

Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam?

Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam War. He was an old-school journalist, a patriot, ...

Walter Cronkite - SHSMO Historic Missourians

He is best remembered as the anchorman and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. His high journalistic standards and his ability to ...

Remembering Cronkite | ASU Cronkite School

As anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” Walter Cronkite set the gold standard for broadcast journalism, shepherding the nation through President John F.

Walter Cronkite — Get It First But Get It Right - Medium

The term was first used to describe Walter Cronkite's role in CBS' political convention coverage — when the PR department asked news producer ...

Walter Cronkite: The War As He Saw It - Warfare History Network

Walter Cronkite is the acknowledged dean of American journalists, an icon whose distinguished career spanned 60 years.

Walter Cronkite | Biography, Career & Sign Off - Study.com

Walter Cronkite was an American journalist and television broadcaster. He was best known for anchoring the CBS evening news.

Walter Cronkite - Sign Off, CBS & Career - Biography (Bio.)

Walter Cronkite was a lifelong newsman who became the voice of the truth for America as a nighttime anchorman.

Walter Cronkite - Missouri Legends

Walter Cronkite was known as the “Most Trusted Man in America” for more than five decades. The Missouri native traveled the world to show Americans what was ...

Walter Cronkite - History? Because it's Here!

He wrote about World War II ,Vietnam, Watergate, and the moon landing. At CBS, he built on the legacy of Edward R. Morrow and carried CBS to the pinnacle of ...

Walter Cronkite Biography | American Masters - PBS

It was Cronkite, veteran of World War II, a man of unimpeachable patriotism. When he stated the obvious — that the Viet Cong had no intention of ...

Walter Cronkite | Humanities Texas

Newscaster Walter Cronkite—once known as "the most trusted man in America"—launched his career in Texas ...

And That's The Way It Was | KC History

November 4, 1916: Walter Cronkite was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He lived in Kansas City for the first 10 years of his life, returned to Kansas City ...

Walter Cronkite - Turner Classic Movies - TCM

Known as Uncle Walter to millions of Americans, and "Old Iron Pants" to his former colleagues, anchorman Walter Cronkite was the face of "The CBS Evening ...


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