|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:36 PM Original message |
I imagine if you grew up after Walter Cronkite |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you. Most eloquent |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fortunately for my generation |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Very true. Real journalists who knew how to get to the meat of the matter |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I was always partial to |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That's who my mom and dad watched nightly, but for breaking news, and were there ever |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
suzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Walter Cronkite loved the space program. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I'd expand your question |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Miles O'Brien was really into the space program and aviation |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. We don't hear them |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. Very well said. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. I don't think I have really understood |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. i grew up after the Cronkite days but i do understand his importance |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. He WAS the NEWS.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Agree. There was no one like Walter Cronkite. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Comparing Cronkite's sincere grief at JFK's assassination with Glenn Beck's pissy little |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. They all bloviate to impress, Walter told us what we need to know. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. It was a time of greater truthfulness |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Agree. LBJ: "That's it. If I' ve lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America." |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. I saw Cronkite announce the Kennedy Assassination |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. KnR - very eloquently stated |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thank you. Beautifully stated. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank you for posting this |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. i watched cronkite fight back tears as he announced president Kennedy was dead. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. I know..someone times being |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I just finished writing something that would follow what you wrote. I'm going to |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If the media in all forms had been |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
23. Nice page of respects and nostalgia from everyday people tonite at NYT |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Another news junkie here . . . |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
25. I always imagine what would happen if Watergate occurred in this day and age, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. I think the closest we come anymore to seeing real events |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Links to four of his most remembered (posted last eve). |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Absolutely...citizen journalists |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
28. I notice you didn't put Diamond Dan on the list |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. If it was as corporate, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The News Department Was Always Treated As a "Loss Leader" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. TV news should be about NEWS, period. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. The other news anchors of the time |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Frank Reynolds and Howard K. Smith on ABC |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You're probably right. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
31. Very well said. k&r |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
time4me2fly (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
33. I am in the in-between period, before these people |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. A belated welcome to DU! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
38. Everyone on that list |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. Absolutely. I remember Walter Cronkite well.... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. Very well said. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
45. Well said! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. Did they care about "ratings" back in those days like... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. they had ratings then |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. I grew up way after Cronkite was retired by I love him. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. We still have Bill Moyers, thank goodness. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. One thing we never got from Walter Cronkite... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
53. Very well stated! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
54. I think Peter Jennings was a great model. Not as good as Cronkite...but solid. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
55. absolutely "talking at us" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Wed May 08th 2024, 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion (1/22-2007 thru 12/14/2010) |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC