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In what way was WC an autodidact if he attended the University of Texas? Faboba 22:47(GMT), 31 Sep 2005 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.252.128.15 ( talk) 21:49, 31 March 2005 (UTC)
"RCA made a corporate decision not to fund NBC News at the levels CBS funded CBS News. Consequently, CBS News acquired a reputation for accuracy and depth in broadcast journalism."
Does it necessarily follow that a big-budget news show has better journalism? Lee M 14:19, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC)
CBS News, at that time, had the full backing of William Paley, the network founder. Bigger budgets meant more of everything for CBS News, at a time when there were only three networks in the USA broadcasting television news with a national and international focus. Of course, the skill of CBS News personnel in that era, didn't hurt, either. Kurtbw 12:01, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
I presume that in this paragraph from the article:
On February 15, 2005, he went into the studio at CBS to record narration for the documentary WCC Chatham Radio, a documentary about Guglielmo Marconi and his Chatham station, which became the busiest ship-to-shore wireless station in North America from 1914 to 1994. The documentary was directed by Christopher Seufert of Mooncusser Films and the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center in April of 2005.
the last clause should read "and premiered at the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center in April of 2005". I haven't had time to research it yet... -- Chris 16:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Whew. I did quite a bit of cleanup on this article tonight, changing most of the sections and trying to put events in something of a proper chronological order. I did not tackle much of the "retirement" content -- it's too much at the moment, and I cannot confirm most of the events listed. Left the cleanup tag in place there. Comments welcome. 205.188.116.66 08:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I tried to clean up a bit of it, and group statements - general activities post-retirement, personal events post-retirement, and his "outspoken" comments grouped together. NickBurns 23:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
It seems entirely politically motivated, if not outright libelous, to assert that Cronkite's views on the Iraq war have been inconsistent or heavily criticized, when the putative supporting evidence is an article in the SF Chronicle that makes no mention of any inconsistency or criticism. So, I have deleted such assertion at the end of the "Outspoken Commentary" section ending the page, but retained the link to the article footnoted. Gideondev 02:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
From - The Age, Australian news paper: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/this-is-the-end/2006/11/28/1164476204827.html - President Lyndon Johnson, after hearing Cronkite's broadcast, reportedly remarked: "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America."
Not sure which is more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.214.131.12 ( talk) 22:06, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
There's nothing about his books??? — Johan the Ghost seance 18:32, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
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Since the opening paragraph talks about Cronkite as a newsanchor, wouldn't the picture be more apt if it was one of him giving the news? The war photo didn't match the introduction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.94.26.157 ( talk) 13:17, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Removed reference to Cronkite serving as a Coast Guard officer during WWII. He is an active member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, but that is not the same thing. Cuprum17 ( talk) 01:52, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Is it LeLand, or Leland? Please respond here, or on my talk page. Эйрон Кинни 07:47, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Internal capitalization sometimes occurs in surnames. For example, Henry Addison DeLand, the founder of Stetson University. The same is true for DeLand, Florida, the city in which the principal campus of Stetson University is located, and which bears his name. John Paul Parks ( talk) 21:14, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I wonder if someone could tell me what this means?
"He would explain later that radio stations at the time did not want people to use their real names for fear of taking their listeners with them."
"Taking their listeners with them?" I could rewrite it to make more sense, if I only understood it in the first place. The only meaning I can think of is that perhaps they were expected to change their broadcast names if they went to work at other stations. Mordant Kitten 23:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
My assumption is that if his radio show was named Walter Conkrite then he could leave the station for a competitor and carry his audience with him to the new Walter Conkrite show. But if the show was named something else, i.e. Walter Wilcox, then the station owns the name of the show and if he left, the station could keep the show and put someone else in the spot or kill the show and prevent the competitor from using the name. How effective this would be at retaining the audience is anybody's guess.
cheers 70.153.8.204 ( talk) 14:43, 15 December 2007 (UTC)H. Hall
I do not think it would be very effective at all.
For example, do you think that Timothy Dalton was equivalent to Clark Gable in performing the role of Rhett Butler? John Paul Parks ( talk) 16:13, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
What is the point of the 1st statement?
"On October 29, 2004, Walter Cronkite appeared on CNN's Larry King Live television program, just four days before the 2004 presidential election."
So ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rlbarton ( talk • contribs) 19:41, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Frank (user) has been reverted many edits about Cronkite being in bad health. On closer exam, Frank's reasoning makes sense. The initial report is a blog. However, many, many reliable sources are reporting the blog.
Frank is starting to violate 3RR but Frank has a point. The initial source could be correct but BLP is more stringent than porn star or video game articles.
There is a good reference that says that he has been ill for several years and that CBS is not commenting on recent reports. This is credible.
I'm starting this discussion so Frank won't have to 9RR or 20RR. Others should discuss it too rather than make Frank a criminal. User F203 ( talk) 20:27, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
From Reports on CBS newsman Walter Cronkite's failing health 'overstated,' rep says: Walter Cronkite's spokeswoman denied Friday that the legendary newsman is gravely ill, saying he's recuperating from a recent sickness. "The news reports that have gone out are overstated," said a spokeswoman for the 92-year-old CBS icon. Frank | talk 21:03, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
"Historic" should not be used to mean "important" (even if it is sometimes used that way colloquially) as it is in the section titles Historic moments as anchor and Other historic events. All recorded past events are, by nature, historic. Some involved editor please retitle these appropriately. — AjaxSmack 02:17, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Mr. Cronkite narrated The Dream is Alive, and this should be reflected in his movie section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by David.r.barnes ( talk • contribs) 04:09, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Over 70 edits in the past 24 hours related to a reported illness/death... no reliable sources. I went ahead and semi-protected the page. As for the discussion above, reverting unsourced or poorly sourced statements that relation to BLP concerns is not subject to a 3RR violation. Without reliable sources reports of his death or illness cannot be added.--- Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 07:52, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
Cronkite hasn't died, but his family confirmed he's very ill. The article is still being "updated" with his death. If it continues, temporary semi-protection may be in order (again). APK is your own Personal Jesus 20:01, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
[7], [8], etc. 192.12.88.7 ( talk) 01:26, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
I've temporarily reprotected the article. Nakon 00:37, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I have noticed in the section about Cronkite's "Activities from 1981 to 2009 that nothing tells what years Cronkite hosted the Vienna New Year's Concert on PBS. Does anyone know what years he hosted that special, and can it be edited? Vgcap 11:01, 18 July 2009 (EST)
Is that description of his death, in the lede, appropriate? It sounds unencyclopedic an unnecessarily overemphasizes the natural death of a nonagenarian. I question whether a common cause of death of an very elderly person should be in the lede at all. Description of his death anywhere in the article would be better phrased as something along the lines of: 'died of cerebrovascular disease, which he suffered from for the last x number of years of his life' Correct & improve ( talk) 01:50, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I see no mention of the show "21st Century" which aired from 1967-70. And then "Universe" (1980-82). This article doesn't seem to be so much an encyclopedia page, as an article about certain aspects of his career. DavidRavenMoon ( talk) 23:48, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
his wife couldn't have been born in 1940 that is an error ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.61.176 ( talk) 01:37, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Any information on alleged [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104399 anti-American] leanings or on his defeatism in 1968 and 2006? Lestrade ( talk) 16:05, 19 July 2009 (UTC)Lestrade
Am I allowed to ask a question? Your statement," there is no information on that," is very declarative and categorical. It seems to be the absolute final word on the topic. However, we live in a big world. Somewhere, there may be a reliable source for a statement about his defeatism. Is there any harm in looking? This [http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104399 article] says that he turned the U. S. public against the Viet Nam War. Did he try to turn the public againt the war in Iraq? Maybe he had more "spin" than you think. Did he merely tell us the facts or did he project a bit of his personal point of view? Lestrade ( talk) 13:04, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Lestrade
I've changed "extended battle" to "long illness" in the lede, per conventions. I also removed the mention of cerebrovascular disease from the lede, as the Death section already mentions that he had been suffering from it. Once the papers come out over the next few days with more details, i'm going to rewrite the section and maybe update the article to push it to GA and then FA. As it is, its a low B-class, and with the sources that are probably being written as we speak, it'll be enough to cite everything and write some brilliant prose. And that's the way it is. Firestorm Talk 04:27, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
How is there no criticism section for Crokite? This is just further proof that Wikipedia is a shill. -- Haizum μολὼν λαβέ 19:30, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
No criticism here, but is there any chance that someone knowledgeable could add something about Cronkite's interest in seafaring and considerable experience sailing and boating? Jim Rosenthal 20:56, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
There are reasons why Cronkite was asked not be be a part of the 1964 Republican Convention. It would be worthwile noting this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.125.16.128 ( talk) 17:58, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
How about something on his political biases towards being a liberal/progressive? It would be hard to take his comments and actions at face value without a reference point on what he believes. IOW, perhaps the reason he considers FOX so far to the Right is because of how far he is to the Left. Or do we just accept that he's the "most trusted man in America" because some spin-doctor cooked that phrase up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.215.2.193 ( talk) 02:42, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
The following may further illuminate/illustrate this section:
In his own words from NPR's Diane Rehm Show
"The ethics of a … responsible journalist is to put his or her biases, his or her prejudices aside in an attempt to be really fair to all sides at all times, and my pride is that I think I did that fairly well during my years." -- Jdpond ( talk) 13:33, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
Cronkite's back-to-back, two-part segment on Watergate, which launched the Post's Watergate story in October, 1972 was enormously significant. I'm surprised not to see this called out. The White House called CBS and was furiously trying to get them to edit and/or back off the broadcast.
Ben Bradlee just recently wrote this about the event in Newsweek: "In October 1972, Cronkite devoted two segments, back to back, to the Watergate story. The first was 14 minutes, the second eight. I think that second night was curtailed by CBS chairman William S. Paley because Paley was scared of it. The fact that Cronkite did Watergate at all (let alone at that length) gave the story a kind of blessing, which is exactly what we needed—and exactly what The Washington Post lacked. It was a political year, and everyone was saying, "Well, it's just politics, and here's the Post trying to screw Nixon." We were the second-biggest newspaper in the country trying to scramble for a good story—whereas Cronkite was the reigning dean of television journalists. When he did the Watergate story, everyone said, "My God, Cronkite's with them." Kewe65 ( talk) 17:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
I removed the following sentences, which came after the part about Cronkite announcing Kennedy's death:
I don't see what this has to do with Walter Cronkite. Nor do I see what the basis of comparison between the two is. That Lin said a lot more? That Cronkite was more eloquent? What? -- Angr 21:06, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Walter Cronkite developed a close relationship with the Founder and Executive Chairman of
Retirement Living TV (RLTV),
John C. Erickson.
Cronkite was instrumental in the founding of the network and later worked together with Erickson (
John C. Erickson) to create a series of editorials known as the "Cronkite Chronicles".
The "Cronkite Chronicles" is the last on-air footage of this media legend. —Preceding
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Is Krankheyt a Dutch cognate with the German Krankheit ("sickness"), as it appears to be? Sca ( talk) 17:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
Under "Personal Life," his daughter Kathy's maiden surname is listed twice. Shouldn't that read "...Cronkite (Kathy) Ikard?" 207.210.137.42 ( talk) 19:19, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.210.137.42 ( talk) 19:17, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
Going through the Kennedy Assassination section, do we really need to know what the commercials were?
It's good that it's detailed, but this is a bit much. I'd do it myself, but the article is semi-protected. 203.59.45.96 ( talk) 12:16, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
Tinton5 replaced the protection, there was no vandalism in the weeks it wasn't, I hardly think it's necessary and it makes Cronkite, who would be largely unknown to likely vandals although not to aspiring newspersons, more controversial than he in fact is . 72.228.177.92 ( talk) 09:00, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
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Cronkite is retired, yes?
He's had a rather active retirement, though. 205.188.116.66 07:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
The circumstances surrounding Walter Cronkite's retirement had nothing to do with his age or any CBS retirement policy. Cronkite was forced out of the anchor chair in a Kremlinesque behind-the-scenes battle orchestrated by the talent agent for both Cronkite and Dan Rather, Richard Leibner. This should be researched and added--it's all been told in print before--but the fact is that Cronkite could have gone on to anchor for many more years if Leibner had not forced CBS' hand by threatening to move Rather to another network of they didn't remove Cronkite and replace him with Rather in 1981. CBS agreed to this reprehensible threat and bears half the blame, if not all of it. Roger Mudd, the other candidate for Cronkite's position following Cronkite's expected retirement many years later resigned over the incident. It all came down to Leibner betraying the client who helped his own father build his company in order to dramatically increase his commission by installing Rather at a far higher salary. Link2dan ( talk) 10:50, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
When is somebody going to wake up and correct this? I wrote this two years ago. Link2dan ( talk) 13:35, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Walter Cronkite did some inaccurate reporting regarding the effects of Tet. I'm a Vietnam veteran and Tet was a disaster for the North Vietnamese. We decimated their ranks, killing more than 30,000 of them and the Viet Cong never did recover. With the ensuing CORDS/Phoenix program we pretty much eradicated the rest of the Viet Cong so that the North was forced to use conventional warfare tactics, something which they were no good at. With Linebacker I & II we brought North Vietnam to its knees and forced them to sign the Paris Peace Accords, thus ending the war. We left in 1972 and three years later the South Vietnamese lost, not us. Tet was a sweeping victory for the US. How could Cronkite have been so wrong? Why did he falsely report Tet? Was he swept up in the peace fever sweeping the country? Where was his objectivity as a news reporter? This matter bears investigation. 69.228.116.252 ( talk) 12:26, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
Just happened upon a Huff Post article about a new bio of Cronkite that has been published, and (right-wingers rejoice!) it includes negative aspects, finally allowing reliably sourced criticism, as it appears. -- Florian Blaschke ( talk) 20:56, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
i can*t resist * though comments are supposed to be strictly constructive we suspect in the final filter there is an undercurrent of humorous perspective * so *tet was an american victory*? did that include the assaults on almost every major city and region? they were *forced to sign the peace accord*? perhaps the above writer forgets the famous photo of helicopters atop the us embassy as desperate crowds mob the embassy while the combined vietcong and north vietnamese swept unapposed into the city? and that expression *peace fever* is so innocently psychotic * what bears investigation is the cranial neural connections of the poster * ah out into the sun * 184.74.94.204 ( talk) 19:11, 21 May 2012 (UTC)grumpy
The article says that Cronkite never closed with his trademark "that's the way it is" if he had offered commentary in the program. But then it goes on to directly quote his JFK assassination commentary, which ended with the "that's the way it is" quote. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.44.10 ( talk) 17:36, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
On Walter Cronkite's final broadcast for the CBS Evening News, he said "That's the way is *was*" (not "is"). I know because I watched it live, and I'll never forget it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.254.40.110 ( talk) 13:02, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
Whether or not there should be a separate "criticism" section is a matter of style, but this article is extremely one-sided, and it needs to be rewritten to reflect a more neutral assessment of his career. The article glorifies Cronkite and overlooks several of his journalistic flaws. In at least two respects, he was not objective. His decision to travel to Vietnam during the war, and once having been there, to criticize the U.S. military effort, was viewed by many as a betrayal of the government and as extremely damaging to the morale of the troops. His nightly antic of reciting the number of days the hostages were held captive in Iran also served to portray President Carter as weak and vacilating, and as unable to secure the hostages release, and undoubtedly strengthened the bargaining position of the Iranian captors.
The extended recital of his newscast on November 22, 1963, the day on which President Kennedy was assassinated, is completely overdone. Such a transcript is more appropriately part of an article that describes the events of the assassination, and, in my view, does not belong in a biography of Walter Cronkite. The manner in which most people learned about the assassination depends on which channel they turned on, and Cronkite is not entitled to any special consideration or merit if, through luck, his happened to be the channel that was first consulted. A lot of people learned about the assassination by watching NBC News, for example, so would a transcript of that proceeding be appropriate in a biography of an NBC news reader?
We also need to bear in mind that the news reports, in most cases, were prepared by someone else, who actually did the investigative work, and that Cronkite merely read them over the air. John Paul Parks ( talk) 16:08, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
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Although it is a work of fiction, the movie "Apollo 13" shows some real clips of Cronkite. Should that be included as a historic moment? 08:39, 10 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Old wombat ( talk • contribs)
The section on his notable moments as an anchor is way too long; it's similar to articles about works of fiction that provide a too-detailed plot summary. While I agree that some sample should certainly be here to illustrate his style, what we have now is overboard. Before I take the knife to it, I do wonder if some of it should simply be moved to assassination of John F. Kennedy, reaction to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, or perhaps even breaking news? That last one is quite short, though already a bit too US-centric, and this would seem an excellent early example of a news story being reported as it unfolded. Thoughts? Matt Deres ( talk) 15:48, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
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This section will go underneath the quote section in the retirement section When Cronkite's retirement approached he wanted to leave while he was on top of his game. There was two contenders to the throne, Roger Mudd and Dan Ruther. This was bad news for CBS because they feared a big drop in ratings. As time passed they couldn't come to a decision. They finally decided to give the choice to Cronkite. He finally chose Dan Rather. The reason was because "of his greater experience in news coverage." Rpgarfi ( talk) 02:08, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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This will go right after the long quote in his retirement section: When Cronkite's retirement approached he wanted to leave while he was on top. There was two contenders to the throne, Roger Mudd and Dan Rather. This was bad news for CBS because they feared a big drop in ratings. As the time passed they couldn't come to a decision. They finally decided to give the choice to Cronkite. He finally chose Dan Rather. The reason was because "of his greater experience in news coverage." [1]
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Cronkite also appeared in the 2005 documentary “Race to the Moon,” which was shown as part of the PBS American Experience series. The film, renamed in 2013 as “Earthrise: The First Lunar Voyage,” centered on the events that led up to NASA’s Apollo 8 mission. Big Ocean Films ( talk) 21:40, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
The article states "He dropped out of college in his junior year, in the Fall term of 1935" however the source cited ( [1]) makes it clear that it should read instead "He dropped out of college after his sophomore year, following the Spring term of 1935" [he never returned in the Fall]. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.216.165.75 ( talk) 19:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
On the section that refrences the Apollo 11 moon landing, it does not include that Cronkite concluded the broadcast , saying "The date is inevitable. July 20th, 1969. Man lands, & walks on the moon. It is a day that will be remembered for as long as man exists." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.91.125.230 ( talk) 14:21, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
On the section referencing the co-anchor of the Apollo 11 moon landing- the name is mispelled- it was former astronaut Wally SCHIRRA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.190.38.210 ( talk) 07:46, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
The article describes how Cronkite was inducted into one hall of fame but excludes the fact that he was also inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in the class of 1996. I would have made this addition myself but the article seems to still be semi-protected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.171.82 ( talk) 20:36, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Cronkite was the automated voice over for TEX, the Telephone Enrollment Exchange at The University of Texas at Austin. His voice would accept or deny students' choices for class registration, give financial information, direct your call, and at the end of the call would say, "Good night, and good luck." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.186.25.3 ( talk) 08:22, 14 November 2013 (UTC)
No "Controversies" section.
No acknowledgement that he ended his broadcasts, "And that's the way it is on day X of" whatever he called the Iran hostage situation. Americans had and have been held hostage before and since without any network news organization ending with anything like that. Bluespapa ( talk) 19:25, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
Under "Political Activism", I would change the third sentence to the following: “Cronkite was the honorary chairman of The Interfaith Alliance, and in 1998 spoke out against the Christian Coalition, referring to it as a well-funded “genuinely radical movement” that possesses a “militant ideology”.” Citation would be either the article mentioned or the actual YouTube video it is shown in (which is titled "Christopher Hitchens on Politics, Cuba, the Clinton Impeachment (2000)", with the relevant citation starting at 55:47), which is an important tidbit of information to demonstrate that Cronkite was not simply in favour of the Interfaith Alliance, but also openly hostile to sectarian faith groups. (The link could, I believe, be easily formatted properly according to Wikipedia’s guidelines, but I believe the Youtube video would be a good source because the print version of the article is quoted directly by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN, and, being YouTube, would not necessarily require logging in to a newspaper archive in order to confirm the authenticity of the source.) Asteventon6 ( talk) 01:53, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
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For many years, until a decade after he left his post as anchor, [1] Wes-unruh ( talk) 18:24, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
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My conflict of interest: I am employed by Missouri Western State University, where the Walter Cronkite Memorial is located.
Added section 7.5 to "Cronkite's Legacy"
On Nov. 4, 2013, which would have been Cronkite’s 97th birthday, Missouri Western State University in his hometown of St. Joseph, Missouri, dedicated the Walter Cronkite Memorial. [1] The nearly 6,000 square-foot memorial includes images, videos and memorabilia from Cronkite’s life and the many events he covered as a journalist. [2] The memorial includes a replica of the newsroom from which Cronkite broadcast the news during the 1960s and ‘70s. [3] Additionally, Missouri Western created two original multimedia productions to honor Cronkite, with live actors interspersed with archival video, still photos and music. [4] In 2014, the Memorial received the Missouri Division of Tourism's Spotlight Award. [5]
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Thank you, Corkythehornetfan! KentHeier ( talk) 14:28, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
Cronkite's remarks about Vietnam were based on absolutely nothing and they were wrong. The VC ended up defeated by the ARVN-US and never again played a significant role in the war. Cronkite was a college dropout and his only military experience was hanging around as a journalist in WW II, so for him to puff himself up in Vietnam as some expert was preposterous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.238.77 ( talk) 13:25, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
There is a very serious lack of balance in the sections dealing with JFK's assassination and the Vietnam War. For the JFK assassination we go into great, granular, (almost?) un-encyclopedic detail, and then provide exactly two sentences on the Vietnam War. While certainly important and momentous, the coverage that Cronkite provided tot he JFK assassination was comparable to that of other media voices,
However, his coverage of the Vietnam War came to define him as a public figure, opinion maker, and was a source of vast controversy that continues to this day. A simple websearch and a cursory view of the press coverage gives a lot of importance to his role in the history of the Vietnam War, whereas his reporting on the JFK assassination sometimes is not even mentioned.
WP:UNDUE speaks of the need of due balance, and we are failing this for no discernible reason.
Both issues should be covered in their respective articles, not in a biography about a peripheral character (it is, after all, just a journalist, a reporter). but other possibilities exist:
1) Cut the section down to two lines, like that of Vietnam.
2) Create a sub-article as per WP:SUMMARY
3) Leave as is, but expand Vietnam section to give due prominence. For example, quoting his statement, as is done with the reports of the Kennedy assassination, and giving background and context to these comments based on WP:RS that have given thought to the topic.
We definitely should cut this section, and I would have been bold, but I want to hear comments form more regular editors on this first. As its stands, it is an affront to the encyclopedic impetus that informs us. -- Cerejota ( talk) 11:22, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
This article is extremely biased in that it completely ignores Cronkite's communist/globalist connections and his unethical behavior during his career. He expended considerable effort during his time with CBS and in his retirement thereafter supporting and promoting subversive causes harmful to the United States while maintaining a façade of respectability. There is plenty of information on this subject on the Internet, and the facts were known years before he croaked. For example, see this Accuracy In Media article, published the same year as his death. I'd like to see a bit more balance in coverage — at least more balance than "Uncle Walter" ever gave his television audience. — Quicksilver T @ 06:30, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
Probably because, as info now shows, Cronkite was never a fair journalist and tilted toward the Left his entire career. He was a college dropout who had no military experience except as a reporter, but he pompously said Vietnam could not be won at the very point at which the VC was on the brink of defeat. Naturally, most accounts of his career are by liberals seeking to prop up Cronkite's reputation even after his demise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.25.194 ( talk) 03:08, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
The second to last sentence in this paragraph...
"From 1953 to 1957, Cronkite hosted the CBS program You Are There, which reenacted historical events, using the format of a news report.[6] His famous last line for these programs was: "What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times ... and you were there." In 1971, the show was revived and redesigned to attract an audience of teenagers and young adults on Saturday mornings. He also hosted The Twentieth Century, a documentary series about important historical events of the century comprised almost exclusively of newsreel footage and interviews. It became a long-running hit (it was renamed The 20th Century in 1967). Cronkite also hosted It's News to Me, a game show based on news events.[21]"
Should be changed to...
"It became a long-running hit (it was renamed The 21st Century in 1967)." [i.e.: 20th should be 21st]
The dates for "The Twentieth Century," "The 21st Century" and "It's News To Me" should also be given if you are going to bother to give the dates for "You Are There." Why give dates for one and not the others?
Som Osog ( talk) 16:48, 19 August 2016 (UTC)Som Osog
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He attended elementary school at Wilson Elementary (now Wilson Montessori) and junior high school at Lanier Junior High School (now Lanier Middle School). He attended high school at San Jacinto High School, where he edited the high school newspaper.
Seywiki ( talk) 02:13, 5 November 2016 (UTC)
isn't listed in section with JFK, Martin Luther King . . . 72.193.6.234 ( talk) 01:05, 2 November 2017 (UTC)
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I have been trying to add inline citations to sections without references. IN doing so, the section Walter Cronkite Papers was a copy and paste from News Media History - Walter Cronkite The Walter Cronkite Papers I tried to copyedit this section somewhat, but another source is difficult to find. Can someone now compare the section to the original article to see if it has been changed/copyedited/paraphrased enough to not be copyright infringement. I tried somewhat. I will continue looking through the article to add sources, and now will also keep an eye out for any other copyright problems. If folks are trying for GA as mentioned above there are surely a huge lacking of references, even direct quotations are lacking their sources. SriMesh | talk 01:25, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
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216.228.44.170 ( talk) 17:12, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
hi he is died
I've always assumed it was a corruption of the German word "krankheit", which means "sickness". But then, I ask myself, who would be happy to be known as Mr or Mrs Sickness, so how could such a surname ever survive - in any language? Can anyone shed any light on this? -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 07:09, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
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Add “be” to the sentence before the word “published”:
He was granted permission to be flown the rest of the distance to Norfolk so that he could outpace a rival correspondent on USS Massachusetts to return to the US and to issue the first uncensored news reports to published about Operation Torch.
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That dubious “I’ve lost Middle America” quote from Lyndon Johnson appears twice, in the same section—worth editing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:14D:8700:7840:70D2:A594:3F92:5FD5 ( talk) 01:11, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
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Walter Cronkite did not voice Tim's grandpa on BrainPop. I would know because I actually have BrainPop. 192.232.184.166 ( talk) 04:20, 4 March 2021 (UTC)