Walter Cronkite: Secrecy, Lies And Credibility

Teddy_Salad

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Thu Apr-01-04 09:51 PM
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Walter Cronkite: Secrecy, Lies And Credibility

Democracies are not well-run nor long-preserved with secrecy and lies.

http://www.yankton.net/stories/040104/opE_20040401035.shtml

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salib

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Thu Apr-01-04 10:54 PM
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1. It is watered down in terms of specifics

But incredibly strong in terms of the fundamental values being presented. Send this on to all of your friends who are "on the fence" or are simply * fans. I think this particular presentation will have impact (IMHO).

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ixion

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Fri Apr-02-04 08:32 AM
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2. I'm really happy Cronkite came out of retirement

Edited on Fri Apr-02-04 08:33 AM by ixion

and started editorializing. I grew up with him as a news anchor, in a era when (most) journalists were dedicated to reporting the facts, and not WH spin.

He, and others are now bringing BushCo's pattern of deceit to the mainstream, and that makes me happy, too. :-)

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