Cronkite Worried About War Coverage

[UpInArms]

http://beta.kpix.com/news/local/2004/02/27/Cronkite_Worried_About_War_Coverage.html

During the 1960s, Walter Cronkite gave the nation an unprecedented look at the battles and the casualties of war.

Although Cronkite has retired from CBS News, he is watching the coverage of the war in Iraq very closely. We talked to Cronkite Friday when he was visiting San Francisco, and he said he's worried about what he's seeing.

When Cronkite went to Vietnam, he showed Americans a side of war many had never seen. Unlike reporters who covered the battles in Iraq, Cronkite wasn't embedded.

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[Leilani]

1. They're not making Cronkites anymore!

[westcoastbias]

2. Great Find!

I heard once that CBS News was not expected to make much, if any profit back then. These days, It is all about the money.

It is hard to give meaning to the word Integrity, but Walter Cronkite defines it better than Webster's.

[reprehensor]

3. Cronkite rocks like a hurricane!

Go Walter!