Walter Cronkite: “We can be certain that the first target of the demagogues is to destroy the effectiveness of the free press that prevents them from doing their dirty deeds in the dark corners that they would prefer.”
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Thank you for posting this. Just recently watched Good Night, and Good Luck about Edward R. Murrow and his battle with McCarthy. Thank goodness for the press.
I’m old enough to remember watching David Brinkley, Chet Huntley,and this wonderful journalist Walter Cronkite who spoke truth to power-they all did.
Miss their kind of journalism. We all trusted these guys. No BS from them!🥰
Thanks for posting this, Phil. It was a great honor and a highlight of my life to meet the legend when I was a university student. We took him on a tour of our Broadcast / Journalism / Film / Mass Communications departments when he came to see the school that would bear his name.
The depth of dishonor of the current POTUS, VP and minions has no bottom. A stain on their honor, their families, their party, their communities and our nation. What does it say about us that we elected a convicted felon with a lifetime record of dishonor, bankruptcies and failed relationships. sad!
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I am actually sorry for the generations of Americans now living that never got to see him and will never understand that his being called “The Most Trusted Man In America” wasn’t just a label—it was the truth. They will never know that one reporter saying a war was unwinnable struck its death blow.
Cronkite likely wouldn't have ever imagined how much of this would be done by the people who run and work for some of America's most important news organizations.
I'm going to be honest, my main concern at this point is that too many people can know and believe exactly what is going on, and they don't care.
Either they feel powerless or even worse, they actively think it is a good thing that it is happening.
Were not post truth, were post trust, post empathy.
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Borrowed from the library. #FreePress
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1152019-good_night_and_good_luck
Miss their kind of journalism. We all trusted these guys. No BS from them!🥰
Cronkite, a highly respected journalist known for his objectivity, appeared in the 2004 documentary "Outfoxed" where he
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Either they feel powerless or even worse, they actively think it is a good thing that it is happening.
Were not post truth, were post trust, post empathy.