Walter's choice -- Cronkite's lesson for today's journalists

(Blog Post) In the two days since we learned of Cronkite's death, so much has been written about the man, about his rare tone of authority, about the avuncularity and comfort offered to couch potatoes by their "Uncle Walter," about the incredible events that he reported from moon walks to the Kennedy assassination. All those things are true, but they also tend to miss how he was willing to risk all of that because he felt his responsibility to his country and to the ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 20, 2009 - 6:06 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jul 20, 2009 - 7:07 AM PDT

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