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Lantec
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RIP Walter Cronkite

a REAL loss

July 18, 2009 10:06:45 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Walter died last night..........just before the Apollo anniversary.......

He was a part of American life for over 20 years. When I think of the major events I lived through, I always hear his voice.

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vStyler
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Reply #1 July 18, 2009 10:13:52 AM
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RIP Uncle Walter

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Reply #2 July 18, 2009 10:17:11 AM
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He was good.  The current crop of so-called news reporters could learn a lot from him. Honesty has left the newsroom.

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Wizard1956
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Reply #3 July 18, 2009 10:19:11 AM
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He was truly a legend in newscasting,RIP Walter.

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Reply #4 July 18, 2009 10:35:53 AM
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I agree with Hankers, back then the stories were checked to make sure they were true  and the news was unbiasly reported.  He was the best.  The news mans news man.

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Philly0381
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Reply #5 July 18, 2009 11:44:08 AM
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RIP Walter

Quoting Hankers,
reply 2
He was good.  The current crop of so-called news reporters could learn a lot from him. Honesty has left the newsroom.

Quoting WOM,
reply 4
I agree with Hankers, back then the stories were checked to make sure they were true  and the news was unbiasly reported.  He was the best.  The news mans news man.

What else can you say. 

All of our lives and the universe that surrounds it, whether we know it or not, has lost a shinning star.

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Ausvet
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Reply #6 July 18, 2009 11:48:38 AM
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RIP Walter and your fellow departed professional honest reporters.

Todays reporters think they know everything about everything and how the general population are thinking - I get sick at how often they re-ask a question when a witness or expert analyst does not give the answer that they, the reporter, thought that it should be.
If only the networks hired reporters on the basis of unbiassed intelligence and politeness instead of good looks surrounding a vacuous cranial cavity.

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CarGuy1
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Reply #7 July 18, 2009 1:43:44 PM
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His tag line keeps running through my head...“And That's The Way It Is.”

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storm347
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Reply #8 July 18, 2009 2:15:04 PM
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RIP Walter 

no one gave us the news like you

you will be missed by all

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Reply #9 July 18, 2009 2:34:27 PM
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 A true icon!

 

He and Edward R. Morrow were the epitome of the craft.

Indeed Doc.  I'd throw in George Putnam amongst these greats as well.

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DrJBHL
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Reply #10 July 18, 2009 3:38:56 PM
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Quoting Hankers,
reply 2
He was good.  The current crop of so-called news reporters could learn a lot from him. Honesty has left the newsroom.

I'd say objectivity...and that's because like my dad (who was the Night City Editor of The New York World Telegram & Sun), he came up in print, was a real reporter...and eschewed much of the 24 hr. BS that passes for news today.

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I agree with Hankers, back then the stories were checked to make sure they were true  and the news was unbiasly reported.  He was the best.  The news mans news man.

Absolutely correct. Uommo di respetto. An honorable man.

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RIP Walter 

no one gave us the news like you

you will be missed by all

Quoting cplair,
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 A true icon!

Also absolutely correct. He was the Newsman's Newsman. He and Edward R. Morrow were the epitome of the craft. They also trained and built newsmen under them.

And that's the way it was.

RIP Uncle Walter. You were a truly class act.

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