"Old anchormen, you see, never die. They just keep coming back for more."

@mdscownz

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I wish they'd come back

@rodrigo_lover2718

2 жыл бұрын

@@mdscownz ikr! I wish he would come back too!

@iffybaker5013

2 жыл бұрын

@@mdscownz;

@iffybaker5013

2 жыл бұрын

@@mdscownz 👍;

I watched him back in the day. He was my favorite news anchor. I actually cried on the night of his last broadcast. I know silly kid. RIP Sir.

@damon5894

2 жыл бұрын

Walter Cronkite burned a Human effigy every year in the Bohemian grove.

@joesmith6357

Жыл бұрын

We need a walter cronkite asap. They don't exist today!

@estelleacocella9818

Жыл бұрын

@@joesmith6357 no they don’t exist today.

@pizzasammy

11 ай бұрын

@@estelleacocella9818*cough cough* Judy Woodruff had just recently left PBSNewsHour.

@salrusso1233

8 ай бұрын

@@estelleacocella9818 We grew up in a great time ...hello from NYC

The last of the good (and honest) reporters of our time . He got a lot of practice talking on the HAM radio too , him and Barry Goldwater

@fredkelso1089

Жыл бұрын

Is he still around?

@francismallard5892

Жыл бұрын

He was just as liberal as any other so-called "journalist". He just came across as less shrill.

@razorback9926

Жыл бұрын

@@fredkelso1089 He died in 2009 at 92.

@fredkelso1089

Жыл бұрын

@@razorback9926 I just dont remember hearing about it

@kmr8836

Жыл бұрын

@@francismallard5892 A "so-called journalist"? Oh please. Give it a rest. He was a giant in journalism. To you wingnuts anyone who isn't a far right reactionary is "liberal."

You can tell he just wants to cry but he doesn't. What a man. What a professional.

@SSathe-dd9lo

7 ай бұрын

Exactly what my dad said too. And he also said that he doesn’t know what it is about this man, but he believes the words he says, and that was a comfort for a newcomer to the United States. And that’s the way it is.

@anonymoususer638

4 ай бұрын

He only really showed emotion twice in his career. Once when Kennedy was shot, and later when we confirmed landing on the moon.

@gardensofthegods

4 ай бұрын

Yeah there really was something about Walter Cronkite that's very believable and trustworthy , wholesome and gentlemanly ; he had an understated humble type of class . You sense a certain generosity and compassion in his spirit that is truly gentle ... real decent human being .

I miss hearing his voice and listening to him. He was a great guy, and that's the way it is.

@lumpylumpyloo

Жыл бұрын

You are an old man, your back hurts

@creeperkiller9795

Жыл бұрын

@@lumpylumpyloo aren’t you a kind soul!

@angelredvivar

Жыл бұрын

@@lumpylumpyloo Yeah bro it hurts from the things that make it easier for you buddy Kinda wish your mom would’ve cleaned you off her back

@jerryross6898

Ай бұрын

66 years old and just wanted to hear him say it, I must miss him too

When news was news. Goodnight, Uncle Walter.

When news was a 30-60 minute snapshot of the days events , not the 24 hour ongoing trilogy of stories that slowly morph into one another by the mundane butter heads that litter today's "news channels"

@trippenspence2841

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, idk how I got on this rabbit hole, but this was six years ago.... and you thought it was bad then! Cheers! Hope your doing well fellow human ❤️

@buttermilkoreos8913

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus I thought this was a comment from maybe a couple of months ago. It's sad to see how this hasn't changed.

@albertjackinson

3 жыл бұрын

This is why ABC, NBC, and CBS are important. They truly embody what the news should be--unbiased and actually informative.

@SmashBrosOdyssey64

3 жыл бұрын

"Butterheads" is now apart of my vocabulary. Thank you sir/madam

@garylobo348

3 жыл бұрын

And their conga-lines of experts, who know absolutely nothing

I like the way he did it, no sappy words, no tears. Just a very professional man, doing what he did best...being a great professional news anchor. It was before my time, but my dad said that he was one of the, if not the best news anchors of all time. After watching some of his archive footage, I have a hard time disagreeing with that. He always came across as very genuine and actually giving a damn about what happens in this country. These days? Eh, not so much.

@VictorFr0st

9 жыл бұрын

He did nearly cry when reporting the death of John Kennedy.

@danbasta3677

Жыл бұрын

These days the local and national news has become nothing but a beauty pageant of women who take the jobs they are given on a silver platter as a joke.

@danbasta3677

Жыл бұрын

@@VictorFr0st He didn't. When you watch it, he kept his composure intact, taking off his glasses, then putting them back on as it is unmanly for a man to show emotions or to cry. He was a pillar of strength especially when the country need a pillar of strength to rely on and to lean on in a most turbulent time that was needed the most.

@mrsilence666

Жыл бұрын

Unmanly lol ok

Damn this was powerful. 40 year old clip and it still brought a tear to my eye

@oldironsides4107

Жыл бұрын

Man you have deep emotional issues

@theartofsmoke7845

7 ай бұрын

He was a liar and worked to control people. Checkout his Vietnam broadcasts and the JFK broadcast. Definitely CIA

The most trusted man in America. I loved that guy and America lost a true American Hero when he passed on in 2009. Never again will we learn to trust what we hear on TV or radio like we did when WC made CBS Evening News the most watched regularly scheduled news broadcast in the world. And that's the way it is.

When Walter said ' That's the way it is." That's the way it was.

He gave me the inspiration to go into journalism. Thank you Walter.

Happy 100th, Walter.

R.I.P. Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite was a trusted American in the homes of all of America. I would not believe a president. I would not believe a senator. I would not believe a priest. And if mom said it, we'd have to verify it. But if Uncle Walter said something we knew it came from the bottom of his heart and he had checked and re-checked it. And we believed him. I long for the next trusted person this national can believe in.

@warplanner8852

9 жыл бұрын

Jeeeeeee-zus! If you trusted old uncle Walt, his successor, Dan Blather, and the crew of Pravda West at See-B-S, then you must hang on every word of our beloved POTUS American Pharaoh, The Dog Eater, Allah praise his name.

@SaintForeverBlue

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments. I will have some trusted friends analyze it for sense, if any, and will get back to you. The one portion I think I understood was about our president. I guess you learned all your mistrust and hatred on the knee of your mom. Luckily, haters are in the minority in this country, but people like you keep us amused here and there. And welcome to our country and you can go back to Faux News. I believe they are showing Cruz show Hannity how to cook meat at the end of a hot rifle barrel. .

@k6whp

9 жыл бұрын

Guillermo Torres ..not a hater, old son. Just someone who recognizes progressive propaganda when I see/hear it. And, no, I do not think FNS is the second coming. BORE and the rest of those bloviaters suck swamp water as well. My mother? Screaming liberal Democrat with no clue -- just like you. Anyway, give my regards to The Chocolate Jesus next time you smooch him on the butt.

@SaintForeverBlue

9 жыл бұрын

Well said, mein brave Internet jester! Good luck at the cross burning!

@TheMickeymental

8 жыл бұрын

+Guillermo Torres Cronkite was a liar.

The Best Newscaster Of All Time A Class Act! RIP Walter Cronkite!

@douglasbrown1853

3 жыл бұрын

1000% agree

Loved him, what an icon. Long live the 60s and the 70s.

Our whole family loved and trusted this man. Don't think anyone ever had a bad word to say about him. He is still missed.

Uncle Walter always had class and integrity. His signoff had great class. His special programs were excellent. I just recently read his autobiography. Quite a life. He got to do some very interesting things during his active career and after his retirement.

@mrmartinez8596

8 ай бұрын

Uncle Walter?

He reported the news. that is all he did. he didnt add his political leanings to it. he didnt whine or complain about it. he just did the news. i respect that. he was the last true journalist this country ever had. what has come since then is not news but entertainment, ideology, indoctrination and mostly unamerican.

@v-town1980

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Unlike these biased pinheads today.

@lplettie

5 жыл бұрын

Too bad that's not true. Study his declaration that the Vietnam War was a stalemate and see how many died after he misjudged the outcome of Tet of 1968.

@williamanthony9090

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently you missed his tirade on Vietnam, at the worst possible time for the guys fighting that war!

@ssj-rose4572

5 жыл бұрын

@@williamanthony9090 but turns out he was right

@andyc.4387

4 жыл бұрын

You can blame that on the repeal of the "Fairness Doctrine" in 1987, which led to the rise of partisan television and radio, such as Fox News and Rush Limbaugh.

THE G.OA.T ( GREATEST OF ALL TIME)

@douglasbrown1853

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN

Before fake news. He would be appalled at the state of news today. God bless him. We need his ilk today.

He kept America informed but in a way that was calming. collected ..professional ..had that voice that made you listen...a proud man...a caring soul...R I.P.

He must be an extraordinary man. To project such hope and reassurance when telling us about some of the most horrible things in history is a gift. He's got a "Mister Rogers" quality about him!

1/9/20. We need this man more than ever.

Legend. You could believe what he said. Unlike today.

@gvsniche7375

7 ай бұрын

Yeah there was a assumed sense that everyone was trying to help you with the information they were giving.

Total class. Sorely missed in this day & age.

@lufsolitaire5351

2 жыл бұрын

Looking at the sorry state of journalism today on both sides of the political spectrum, makes you miss someone like him who just stated objective facts and left opinion to the viewers.

One of the finest evening news anchorman in history!

"And thats the way it is"....Walters famous sign off .......when news was news

R.I.P. Walter Cronkite (1916-2009).

goodbye walter,we love you.

"And that's the way it is..." "Good night Chet, good night David, and good night from NBC news." How well I remember...

@douglasbrown1853

3 жыл бұрын

❤

I wish our generation had news reporters like this.

The most trusted name ever in broadcast news

little had I known whenever i pretended to be someone from early 60's-90's america I was impersonatig this man. famous voice, amazing journalist. RIP

When I spoke with him at a symposium at Arkansas State University in the 90's, he admitted leaving when he did, at age 65 as CBS wanted, was a giant mistake. He wanted to stay, and he should have. Rather held the job longer, but since then, that job's been a revolving door.

@michaelagnew7493

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they haven't found anyone really good since Rather...

The greatest broadcaster of all time.

Back when news was news, not news like we have now.

We don’t have news casters like Walter Cronkite, he reported the news, and didn’t have any bias! One of the legends of news broadcasts!

@101919571

Жыл бұрын

IMO, ushering in 24-hour news programs resulted in filling a LOT of airtime with opinions and editorials--the more sensational, the more viewership. I love and miss Walter Cronkite, but to be fair, he had a set window in which to deliver the headlines. THAT is what would benefit us all.

@Channel-cm7yc

Жыл бұрын

That’s because leadership in news has changed. In the early days of TV news it cost a station or a network money and you got that news in 15 minutes per day. A lot of people are confusing editorials & commentators with news anchors & reporters who have formal training in journalism and know bias isn’t a good thing. People like Walter were part of standardizing the integral journalistic standards of their era in radio news casting there was no formal training in early television. But no matter what anyone thinks news and news reporting are part of a constitutional right to get news good or bad reported! Communist countries do not have this freedom!

It’s weird, as a young man in my early 20’s when he retired in 1981, after dinner I always watched the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE. I would not go out until I watched his broadcast. It was my ritual. Watching Uncle Walter then watching the Mets on WOR Channel 9 in N.Y.

@braden2206

2 жыл бұрын

Love the Mets, let’s go Mets baby

@michaelagnew7493

Жыл бұрын

How 'bout them Mets?

I remember this. It was one of my 1st memories. My parents used to watch CBS evening news every night. Bits and pieces until about 1982, I was born in late 77.

No newsman today can touch the late and great Walker Cronkite miss your style and great voice RIP.

Old Newsman Walter Cronkite Will Not Be Forgotten. RIP

Look at the like to dislike ratio.. 1.5k to 37! That's why Cronkite was the most trusted man in America

Cronkite was born here in my hometown (St. Joseph, MO). The local University has a specific wing dedicated to him and has all his Emmys displayed (11 of them, he won 12 and one of them has been lost and never found). I remember as a little boy in the '60s my dad pulling up in the driveway from work at a local factory he worked at for 20 years. My mom and him had 7 of us (I was #6) and I was the only child to watch CBS evening news with my dad, my sitting on the couch, him laying down from a hard day's work with his shoes off, feet laid on my thighs and his feet stinking so bad because he wore thin black nylon socks his entire life. He'd be so exhausted that he would always nod off during the news and I didn't want to budge knowing he worked so hard and would only get up from dozing off to work around the house and/or on the cars and/or the yard until very late at night, darn near every night (he had sleep apnea from a throat wound he sustained in WW II that prevented him from sleeping much and he was always awake and working on something since he didn't sleep much (besides smoking his non-filtered Chesterfield cigarettes to keep him going). What I remember most from the news was seeing footage for years of the Vietnam War, which seemed to be the top story almost every night in the '60s on the CBS evening news. As a boy of 5yrs old up until the age of 12, I found watching the footage from that war difficult to understand and take in mentally, almost like it wasn't real to me. Walter's reporting was one-of-a-kind, and he even resembled my old man (who was born and raised in Ukraine).

I remember his departure from the evening news. I was only 15, but could remember watching him for over 10 years. I remember watching Dan Rather, thinking it wasn't the same. Whether Cronkite deserved America's trust is an open question, but in a real way he did have it, more than any major news figure would ever have again in America to this day. The difference between now and then could hardly be more stark.

Cronkite, Brokaw and Jennings In that Order The real “big three”

@ELCADAROSA

3 жыл бұрын

I’d take Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley over any newscasters from the last three decades. No, make that four decades. No one has come even close to those two, in my opinion.

Mr. Cronkite has a similar speaking tone to Walt Disney. I love that he is very sincere, and he really cared about his audience a ton. I'm so thankful he was more professional than most news anchors/talkshow hosts nowadays.

LEGEND

This is the kind of news you need . Not 24 hour water torture news , with phony news and bias . You ONLY needed a hour ! I used to watch this everyday !

Back when journalism had integrity and class.

I am a Korean living in S.Korea. When I was a freshman, I chose journalism as a liberal arts subject, and then the professor lectured on Walter Cronkite's news clips. This is the greatness of Walter Cronkite.

@michaelagnew7493

Жыл бұрын

Happy wishes from Ohio!

When news was news. Not fake news, not real news, but simply news.

One of the best send offs of all times!

I loved this man !

Walter Cronkite always a professional forever humble he is missed

@AndrewNorbert-ms9mq

7 ай бұрын

Well said Diane, he will be missed. How are you doing !

@dianemelick2393

7 ай бұрын

@@AndrewNorbert-ms9mq I'm doing pretty good this a m

A distinguished gentleman void of his own personal commentary yet poetic and factual in his news deliverance

I loved his reference to Douglas MacArthur... old anchormen don’t fade away 😂

I swear my dad lived for the 630 news. As a kid i always liked You Are there. And that's the way it was and you are there.

I remember him well Great newscaster

💛I grew up watching him & was always amazed with his tone of voice & admired his composure & eloquence. 💛

@douglasbrown1853

3 жыл бұрын

so was I

A sad epilogue to this was that the entire set was demolished to build Dan Rather's new set immediately after Walter left the room bound for a farewell party on a lower floor. Nobody thought he would go back up one last time to his desk, but he did. Apparently, he left very quickly after seeing his work site completely torn apart.

@douglasbrown1853

3 жыл бұрын

really? that was sad, didn't even wait the man to leave the bldg smh

Legendary: Cronkite, Huntley, Brinkley, Jennings, and Reynolds. Legend that I concede: Tom Brokaw - I could not stand his pompous voice but that's me. Everyone loves him and he is a legend. Honorable mention: Koppel - yeah he did not anchor the evening news. But he created a new category of late news where his brilliant questions helped bring leaders together and solved world problems. Koppel was pure genius. Next tier: Chancellor wonderful human being but dull on air. Infamous legend, the Nixon of anchors, Dan Rather. He was always a reporter but hardly an anchor.

2022 and he is still an Immortal Legend

Walter Cronkite was a great man as an anchorman and he is the greatest news anchor of all time. And I love his sign off phrase “and that’s the way it is.” This is why I decided to use that for conversations.

He was the last of the greatest journalist

I would give anything to go back and live for a week in those times, things were so genuine then.

Gave me chills

Walter Cronkite will be sadly missed by us all

One of the greatest anchors ever.

REAL NEWS and that's the way it was.

damn he was the best news person, ever as of today in my opinion

@levinwhitfield3398

3 жыл бұрын

Walter was the greatest. Since Cronkite the best was Gordon Graham.

Dan Rather may have been on longer! But Cronkite was a man who was loved by all! R.I.P. Walter!

@jackvanderpool3417

5 жыл бұрын

Rather was and is a corrupt newsman.

@RELubber

5 жыл бұрын

Dan Rather was the man responsible for the beginning of fake news.

@vanekirk

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Bradley Rather was exposed and left in disgrace over lies about a sitting president. Leftists do not play fair. They never have.

@georgecherucheril9947

2 жыл бұрын

Danny Rather should have been canned for performance about five years into his tenure. It's a crime they kept him on so long.

@bigverybadtom

2 жыл бұрын

Walter Cronkite hated George W. Bush but he denounced Dan Rather for his false news report about him.

The epitome of greatness

We still need Walter Cronkite!

This man was in his 60's in 1981! And this broadcast happened 12 years (minus one day) before I was born!

The man, the legend

Boy, do I mis this man. Peace be with you Walter.

I wasn’t born at the time but he will always be remembered for his amazing strength of emotion the day jfk died he held back his tears so bad what a legend

Watched this gentleman ad a kid and always thought he sounded comforting. The news is not comforting now. I guess because I understand things better now. “Those were the days!”

He was the "man" no one could replace him It would be nice to have him back miss that man 😥

Walter, incredible men like you, we all grew up with. You shaped our lives in our evenings. We celebrated with you, cried with you, and even loved with you. Men like you REALLY DID MAKE American GREAT (Not this MAGA crap we see today) You taught us so much about life, and it all became OUR History, thank you for shaping our lives

i miss walt ,wish i could have met him.

The absolute best, too bad we no longer have news anchors that report news "the way it is" instead of TWISTED to fit their party's political agenda.

@bmasters1981

6 жыл бұрын

Which both sides' channels (FOX News and MSNBC) do (each side insisting that they never do, and the other one always does)!

@albertjackinson

3 жыл бұрын

@@bmasters1981 Good thing we have the nightly news on ABC, NBC, and CBS still.

@doctorfeinstone6524

3 жыл бұрын

Unless you're watching editorials or opinion shows (the majority of 24 hour news networks), then I really don't know where you're coming up with this.

@linjicakonikon7666

2 жыл бұрын

Don't fool yourself, Cronkite was very obviously liberal.

@linjicakonikon7666

2 жыл бұрын

@@albertjackinson Lololololololololol

He was the man with Barbara Walters... I am now 55 and I remember them around 10 to 14 years of age... now 2023 they're missed. Both powerful news anchors that got and give us the world news with precision.

I loved watching Walter Cronkite every evening. He is missed. No one today could fill his shoes. And that's the way it is.

what a guy ♥

When the news was giving straight without bias, Walter Cronkite was the news anchor I grew up with.

I'll always remember his reaction to Kennedy's assignation. At that moment, he wasn't a TV presenter, he was just an American telling the nation the news that the president was dead. He really felt the same shock and sadness the rest of the nation did. It was a very poignant moment.

The iconic and legendary Mr Cronkite

Recently, this in a way has been more relevant than ever. All of the KZreadrs we’ve grown up with seem to be retiring, and leaving their viewers with great memories. Walter Cronkite had that same impact with people who watched him on CBS News. For decades, many grew up watching Walter Cronkite and were sad to see him retire as the main anchorman. I’m 21, and I have a hard time believing that 2014 was a decade ago. Time is indeed an enemy.

WC was simply the best...to understand true journalism, is to understand Walter Cronkite...

He was definitely one of the best. I always looked forward to when he signed off each night. May you R.I P. Uncle Walter. 3/19/2024

“If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.” President Lyndon Johnson said that about Walter Cronkite. He did the most to end the Vietnam war than anyone else...

@TheMickeymental

3 жыл бұрын

Yep he lied and good men died.

He definitely was America's favorite teddy bear that we would all tune in to watch every night. A great journalist!

Loved Loved Loved him!!!!

@AndrewNorbert-ms9mq

7 ай бұрын

Beautifully said Virginia, he will be missed. How are you doing!

Too bad we don't have journalists like Walter Cronkite doing the real news anymore at CBS and other stations...

"And that's the way it is" Walter Cronkite Our Beloved Grandmother never missed the evening news with Walter Cronkite from 1960s-80s

Oh yes good old Walter Cronkite one of a kind they don't make them like that anymore, and the overall landscape has changed so much. I wish he was still here it makes me wonder what he would have thought of today's crazy times.

My mother was his first producer. His wife hosted her bridal shower. Wish News Reporters were still like him. Never showed an opinion, just the facts. Todays news anchors are mostly a disgrace.