Comments | super_jayhawk: Goodbye Mr. Cronkite

super_jayhawk

Goodbye Mr. Cronkite

Jul 20, 2009 13:25

Last Friday I was saddened to hear about the passing of Walter Cronkite, the greatest news anchor to ever run the news. He was Mr. Rogers for grown-ups, reassuring an entire nation through the darkest days of the 60's and 70's through all the upheaval, war and turmoil that we all went through ( Read more... )

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infotainment mejeep July 20 2009, 22:54:50 UTC

I like you Mr. Rogers analogy. That's why I don't have TV reception anymore. It's all hi-pressure extremely biased "infotainment". Another LJ reported how Fox News fired all the reporters who tried to air their research how Monsanto's bovine growth serum was demonstrated to be dangerous to people.

super_jayhawk July 21 2009, 01:21:50 UTC

Honestly, most of TV is utter garbage these days, I can't watch it for more than 10-20 minutes without feeling like my brain is being deep-fried. And that's even without ever turning it to FOX News. And for this I pay $75/month for DirecTV HD?

I can't take credit for coming up with the Mr. Rogers analogy, as it was in the AP News article on Saturday after Uncle Walter died. But it still does ring true, it was never the same when Dan Rather took over.

And I hadn't even gotten into the death of journalistic integrity in detail, but yes, the corporate powers have so much control over what gets reported now and what doesn't get reported that true news is a long-gone relic. Image and style will beat out substance any day, unfortunately.

tigerwayne July 21 2009, 20:51:37 UTC

I remember watching him way back in a series called The 20th Century. Walter provided the narrative with WWII films showing the action. Really interesting. If he had to retire at 65 then why is Mike Wallace still with CBS at well over 65, what magic does he have, well being an investigative reporter perhaps he has some leverage there. Anyways we will all miss Walter Cronkite I am sure.