For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often did, I tried not to communicate them to my audience.
As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: "And that's the way it is." … - Walter Cronkite
As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: "And that's the way it is." …
- Walter Cronkite
For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often … - Walter Cronkite
For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often …
We've got a great percentage of our population that, to our great shame, either cannot or, equally unfortunate, will not read. And that portion of ou… - Walter Cronkite
We've got a great percentage of our population that, to our great shame, either cannot or, equally unfortunate, will not read. And that portion of ou…
In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story. - Walter Cronkite
In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.
If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news repor… - Walter Cronkite
If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news repor…
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy. - Walter Cronkite
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.
The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be c… - Walter Cronkite
The debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become a format that defies meaningful discourse. They should be c…
The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know. - Walter Cronkite
The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.
The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print. - Walter Cronkite
The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.
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