Comments on: Journalism, 1916-2009

By: Drmedula

Drmedula — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:21:15 +0000

You have not contradicted me- they pay tribute in an attempt to make themselves look bigger, but they still know he held them in contempt- and it wasn’t just the politics. (In fact, forget politics- the real problem with FOX is, and always has been, simply this: LACK OF ACTUAL NEWS. When the closest thing you have to someone with actual journalistic credibility is Geraldo,you’ve got a problem.)( I know some people are pointing to Sheppard Smith- but he hasn’t broken from the pack yet- and smart money says he won’t until he reads the handwriting on the wall and makes a break for it… because it really only a question of whether he jumps or is pushed.)

By: rbx5

rbx5 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:06:10 +0000

Oh bullshit, the FOX guys admired Cronkite as much as everyone else; he hated them because he was as liberal as the network he reported for eventually became (he wasn’t always that way, of course, but definitely in his later years).

By: Drmedula

Drmedula — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:05:26 +0000

Actually, better that Freep attack Cronkite… at least they’re honest about the fact they hate him and everything he stands for. Tributes from the FOX crowd are an insult; Cronkite despised them and held them in contempt, and they know it- pretending otherwise is just another lie…

By: End Of The World

End Of The World — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:59:02 +0000

I can’t believe this man would go to Vietnam and actually come to a conclusion based on the facts he observed. It’s a shame he died before he could have taken some lessons in real objective journalism from David Gregory or Tim Russert.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:07:06 +0000

Freep, classy as always, is already condemning him as the central figure is their Vietnam Dolchstosslegende.

By: q

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:42:19 +0000

To clarify:Walter Cronkite died July 17. That is what is post is about.

By: Tenken347

Tenken347 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:21:58 +0000

Actually, I’d say it’s pretty charitable to claim that journalism only died this year. I’d say it was gone years ago.

By: MarvinAndroid

MarvinAndroid — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:59:09 +0000

As a Journalism student I can honestly say that journalism isn’t dead…

…it’s just pining for the fjords…

By: Stephen Mann

Stephen Mann — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:33:30 +0000

One of my earliest memories of watching television is of Walter interviewing Harriet Tubman as part of the You Are There educational program…that, and a stop-action Captain America cartoon.

By: Klytus

Klytus — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:58:44 +0000

Goodnight sweet medium.

By: Rachel Hartman

Rachel Hartman — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:47:35 +0000

The man who was trusted in more than just America.

By: Aardy R. DeVarque

Aardy R. DeVarque — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:39:11 +0000

“And that’s the way it is.”