He was my dad's favorite for years.
When dad got real old he was near blind and and sat and listened to CNN all day, over and over and over.
I bought him Cronkite's autobiography on tape, he never played it. I ask why and he said that was history and he was interested in news.
I know I served as a major source of irritation to my dad during much of his life. I think in his old age, he choose to try and get even.
When dad got real old he was near blind and and sat and listened to CNN all day, over and over and over.
I bought him Cronkite's autobiography on tape, he never played it. I ask why and he said that was history and he was interested in news.
I know I served as a major source of irritation to my dad during much of his life. I think in his old age, he choose to try and get even.
RIP Walter, you lived a good life.
How the Left still longs for the good ole days of controlled single message media. Walter was very much a part of that, people just didn't know anything else.
How the Left still longs for the good ole days of controlled single message media. Walter was very much a part of that, people just didn't know anything else.
I'm sorry, do you think I hurt Conkite's feelings? He was 92 years old, it's no tragedy. Get a fucking grip already.
To anyone here actually mourning the death of Walter, my sincere apologies.
To anyone here actually mourning the death of Walter, my sincere apologies.
The first time I knew about this was when good old Walter fawned about Jimmy Carter in an interview. He was asking if Amy would go to public school or private school if Carter won and this was early in the campaign. He was already acting as if Carter had the victory. My Dad said that the media were all liberals.
Even still, Walter did it the best.
Via my Illinois colleague Pete Guither, here are six YouTube clips of Walter Cronkite sternly denouncing the failed and destructive "War on Drugs"
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/07/18.html#a3568
http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/07/18.html#a3568
