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Dan Rather politically pushed out well respected Walter Cronkite well before Walter wished to retire . Rather convinced the brass at CBS that he was heading into his prime and that he would leave if he didn`t get Walter`s seat .
Eventually it became Rather`s time to go and in an effort to hang on he became involved in the scandal that placed him in the exit lane .
Dan was never close to being the newsman that Cronkite was .
Rather was a local reporter for the CBS affiliate in Dallas when the JFK assassination took place . This gave him instant exposure on CBS at a time when there were only the 3 major networks . Rather rode this event to a national assignment covering the White House and made his " bones " during Watergate .
However the inside story was that he was extremely political and would stop at nothing to enhance his reputation . Eventually it all caught up with him by his own hand .
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WALTER CRONKITE
Hailed as "the most trusted man in America" during his 18 years as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," Walter Cronkite first gained national recognition for his reporting from the battlefields of World War II. As a United Press correspondent, Cronkite covered the landings in North Africa and Sicily, the Allied invasion of Normandy and the subsequent battles across France and Germany. He was also a member of the "Writing 69th," a group of intrepid reporters that accompanied Allied bombers on missions over Germany. In 1968, while anchor of the "CBS Evening News," Cronkite journeyed to Vietnam to report on the aftermath of the Tet offensive. In a dramatic departure from the traditions of "objective" journalism, Cronkite concluded his reports with a personal commentary in which he voiced his strong belief that the war would end in stalemate. Cronkite's editorial would later be regarded as a critical indice of public opinion of the Vietnam War.
Reporting America at War . The Reporters . Walter Cronkite | PBS
This is how I remember Cronkrite.