Walter Cronkite

So, I called Walter Cronkite and asked him if wouldn't send -- I wanted him to send out this new guy that was going on the road and Walter Cronkite's secretary, being a very smart woman, said well don't you just talk to Charles yourself.

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Charles Kuralt's Longtime Companion Speaks Out - February 14, 2001 2001

The CBC's estimable Mansbridge, who could be described as the Walter Cronkite of Canada, said Monday morning that "many politicians, given the health problems Jack Layton had, would have chosen to stay home and not campaign this spring."

MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2011

"My sign-off won't be in the history book like Walter's," Ms. Couric said, referring to Walter Cronkite's famous "that's the way it is" closer, adding, "But I'm grateful my sign-on may be."

NYT > Home Page By ALESSANDRA STANLEY 2011

Obama salutes Walter Cronkite at memorial serviceNEW YORK - President Barack Obama called Walter Cronkite "a voice of certainty in a world that was growing more and more uncertain."

Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

President Barack Obama recalls Walter Cronkite as a "voice of certainty in an uncertain world."

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President Barack Obama called Walter Cronkite "a voice of certainty in a world that was growing more and more uncertain."

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The result: There is no "Walter Cronkite", who would be accepted as telling things the way they are.

RSC Gate EliRabett 2010

The result: There is no "Walter Cronkite", who would be accepted as telling things the way they are.

Over reach EliRabett 2010

They should pick the brains of those still with us such as Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace and yes, Dan Rather.

Tim Russert Remembered: Who saw telling the story as a duty to the American people 2008

He says the Golden Age of media coverage by Olympian figures such as Walter Cronkite is long gone.

From the WSJ Opinion Archives 2007