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This guy was probably the most trusted mainstream media newsman of his time. Check out what he really was like.
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I saw nothing in the tease for the book that paints him as a bad person, just a normal person...And based on the situation at the time he did the right thing. Being painted "as a liberal" does not make him a bad person, in spite of what the reviewer slanted him to be in the article.
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I guess the unlimited freebies he accepted, as he did from Pan Am Airlines was the "right thing" I guess his manipulating and reediting of an interview with LBJ in order to destroy him politically was the "right thing". I'm not so sure. New Biography of CBS Newsman Walter Cronkite Dents His Halo - The Daily Beast
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When I was growing up, my grandparents believed a good meal consisted of meat, potatoes, and gravy. Nutritionists today would not think that a proper meal and one that may predispose someone to future health problems. We're my grandparents bad? |
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I never understood why people said he was the most trusted man in America. While he covered it up better than they do today he was very bias.
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I don't think that's a bad thing.
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The mainstream media is very biased. It does not attempt to present the facts. It is only a propaganda organ.
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There's a lot of that going around. The brainwashed and those lacking an open mind are the worse.
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When I watched Walter on the news I could never detect HIS opinion of the story at that time. Certainly not like his predesessor Dan Rather. With Dan you could always tell which side of the story Dan was on. He never for a second tried to hide his liberal bias.
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Certainly not like his predesessor Dan Rather. With Dan you could always tell which side of the story Dan was on. He never for a second tried to hide his liberal bias.[/QUOTE]
Is it any difference than the "conservative bias" on fox news? There are good & bad views on both sides of the equation! We could use a little "middle of the road". ![]() |
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Please try to address the topic of Walter Cronkite....this thread is straying into the political arena and may have to be moved to the political forum.
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Who cares about his views on a story.
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Since I've been a journalist for 40+ years, I'm sure my take on this is a bit different than others. Cronkite always said he worked hard to not let anyone know his political views. I think that's the best a journalist can hope for. And I believe he accomplished that pretty well. That was the pricipal that guided me in my career. I always turned down offers to express my personal opinion or to become involved in anything that required me to take sides. That's pretty hard to do sometimes. Reports today don't even think about that as is seen with reports sitting in on every opinion show you can find. (I mentioned I ran NPR stations. Their reports are all over the place offering personal opinons.)
Or course I haven't read the book yet, so I will not come to any conclusions until I do. Whether you think he was "the most trusted man in American" or not he certainly was in a position to be one of the most influencial. And as we've seen over the years, not many people manage to avoid the temptations that come with that kind of influence. I hope the Adminstrator will allow me to just briefly comment on some of the asides here, because I do think they are relevant to this topic. I continue to be amused that people who watch Fox or MSNBC believe their channel of choice is telling the absolute truth in a "fair and balanced" way. People want to be told that their prejudices are OK. It makes them feel better. For me both FOX and MSNBC in no way even imagine to be fair or balanced. They have each become the mouthpiece for the two extremes that seem to be dominating the "news" in this country. And I find them both truly sad. It is an odd notion to me that the media is liberal. Nearly every radio commentator that is successful is conservative. Liberals have attempted to be, but have failed. On TV again you have the split of polar opposites, with CNN trying to find the middle ground. But ever since they swore off shows with two people from different views talking over each other, their ratings have gone done. Apparently viewers do view the fighting more than they like news. No matter your opinion, the era of Cronkite is gone. People younger than us probably don't even know who he is so his legacy is mostly becoming a moot point anyway. Someone asked why we have to write negative books about people after they're dead. The answer remains the same as it always has been: it sells newspapers.
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Last edited by senior citizen; 05-27-2012 at 07:57 AM. |
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