No one knew for sure that it would work. There was no clamor in the marketplace for 24-hour news from Atlanta, and certainly not on cable. As far as most people were concerned, "television news" was 30 minutes at the dinner hour with Walter Cronkite, John Chancellor or Frank Reynolds. And cable was where you went for nature programs, wrestling and Andy Griffith re-runs.
Former President Bill Clinton shares memories and stories of Walter Cronkite at his memorial.
Television anchors leave their studios usually for the most important stories, including the passing of a U.S. president. It is no doubt a rare occurrence when a current and a former president leaves his office to honor an anchorman.
Friends and colleagues of legendary CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite gathered Wednesday in New York's Lincoln Center to remember "the most trusted man in America."
News outlets reported this week that legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite never amended his will to include Joanna Simon, who had been his girlfriend for the last four years of his life. Cronkite's daughter said the newsman never planned to leave Simon, a former opera singer and older sister of Carly Simon, any sort of inheritance, but either way, wills are back in the news.
The TV pioneer was 86 and directed the first 1960 Kennedy-Nixon TV debate
CNN President Jon Klein credits 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt for many of the innovations used in television news today.
Television pioneer and longtime CBS executive Don Hewitt, the creator of "60 Minutes," has died, the network said Wednesday. He was 86.
Cigarettes kill; 400,000 people die prematurely every year from smoking. When we analyze the harm from drugs, there is no doubt that cigarettes are the worst.
If you are a person whose life has been a series of constant triumphs, accompanied by the sound of unending cheers -- a life like that of, say, Walter Cronkite -- then this story is not for you.
Relatives and friends of legendary newsman Walter Cronkite gathered at a Manhattan church for his funeral Thursday afternoon.
Co-workers and colleagues explain why Walter Cronkite was widely considered the "most trusted man in America."
When David Halberstam wrote his 1979 book, "The Powers That Be," about four powerful news organizations and how they shaped the national dialogue, he focused on three print publications -- Time magazine, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times -- and one television network: CBS.
To: Interested parties From: John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent Re: The Monday memo
Veteran journalist and longtime CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite dies at the age of 92.
Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as "Uncle Walter" for his easygoing, measured delivery and "the most trusted man in America" for his rectitude and gravitas, died Friday night in his New York home, CBS reported.
Death of a Giant
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Guest Host John King talks with Larry King, Katie Couric and others to remember the life of Walter Cronkite.
Throughout his career as a television anchorman, Walter Cronkite had a few memorable run-ins with other powerful figures at CBS News, one of his producers told CNN.
The veteran anchor leaves three children, four grandchildren - and millions of admirers
Walter Cronkite, the CBS newsman so revered by Americans that they considered him the "most trusted man in America," died today. He was 92 and had homes in New York and Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
You could fill entire football stadiums with all the things that I don't know. I don't know how to make paella. I don't know how to do algebra or iron pleats or ski. I don't know how to sing on key, accept a compliment, interact at a party consisting of more than eight people or kill a lobster ... which brings us back to my paella issues.
Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said. He was 90
How long have you and I known each other? Well, by my calculations, we go back quite some time. This can mean only one thing: It's time for the monkey story.
No journalist, no human being is truly objective. Most do try to be fair. Let me be upfront: I like and respect Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania. And not only for what he has done -- forsaking the safe harbor of his college student deferment at 19 during the Korean War to enlist in the Marine Corps, then after becoming a husband and the father of three, volunteering at the age of 33 for combat in Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and received the Bronze Star with Combat "V," two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.
In 1968 Walter Cronkite returned from Vietnam and told Americans that, in his opinion, the Vietnam war had become a stalemate. That was a turning point.
It's Dan Rather's last day in a position he was once told he'd never hold.
Twenty-four years after taking over the job from Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather will anchor his final "CBS Evening News" broadcast on Wednesday.
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Dramatic theme songs have opened national network news broadcasts for years. To viewers they're as familiar as Walter Cronkite's face and as powerful as Tom Brokaw's hair spray. But where did they ...
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