1983 - Wrong Number
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*Finally... the kind of story eveyone likes... a short one... in fact, from
what I heard... a tiny, little one...*
*1983 – Wrong Number*
*“*Larry? I’ve g...
16 years ago
Friday, July 17, 2009
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Yes we grew up with Cronkite. Fascinating guy. Not too much in agreement with his later in life political views, but that doesn't really matter. An upstanding, smart, and respectable human being. Just saw an interview with him yesterday but not sure when the interview was. I'm sure there is tons of footage of him left for his legacy, that's for sure.I think his generation reporting was a little balanced and unbiased back then compared to now. Now the way things are presented have an obvious slant, tempered with the truth, to make things appear balanced. They really know how to mesmarize the public. I've always said, watch two (or more) reports and make up your own damn mind. read two books (figurativly) and make up your own mind. Now it seems people are just lazy minded enough to buy into whatever popular opinion is produced by the media culture, whereas in Cronkites era one was put in a position to think something through based on actual facts.
on monday i'm going to post a clip of walters coverage of the moon landing on 7-20-69.it seems fitting somehow...
Cronkite's standards were broken a long time ago by the almighty dollar. A lot of people didn't like his Tet Offensive Vietnam War comments in March 1968, but they could not argue with it - he had hard facts and film footage to back it up, along with the outcome of the battle and 3-4 years of heavy fighting. He put his reputation on the line. But at least he had a reputation. Was he called a traitor for reporting and making his comments? No if not much. Today he would have been massacred, accused of doctoring the footage, etc. He would have been censored so politicians could run and hide and entertainment News could flourish in the prime time. LBJ could not run and hide from Walter Cronkite. But now we can fire anybody we disagree with at the news desk if we are powerful and influential enough. with the passing of Walter Cronkite, real news reporting has died with him.
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