So it this IT for Walter Cronkite Tributes by the MSM?

[FrenchieCat]

I saw the 60 minute one on CBS.

Were there any others?

No 24/7 for like.... at least one day? :wow:

[Lorax7844]

1. they hate real journalists

Timmay got tons of time

[Uben]

2. We obviously watch different programming

I have seen almost non-stop reporting on the passing of Walter Cronkite the last couple of days by the news channels. I don't know if it was just a coincidence that every time I tuned in that the Cronkite story was up or not, but it sure has seemed to be that way.
As I am writing this, I am watching a segment on MTP about this very subject! Of course, no amount of coverage can properly pay tribute to such an American icon, but I see no lack of coverage, for sure. Just my opinion.

[Graybeard]

3. Thank you Mike Malloy for your tribute.

On Fri night the news had just been announced when Mike Malloy went on the air. He devoted the entire 3 hr show to reminiscences, stories and observations about Cronkite. Malloy has had a long career in journalism, both print and radio and TV. He recognized what an enormous giant Walter Cronkite was.

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. Mike actually gave him two more hours than CBS, his own damn network did.

What does that say about CBS?

[omega minimo]

28. Any chance for non-Sirius folk to hear that? Sounds incredible, knowing Malloy. Another real

professional.

[eilen]

4. Maybe it's morbidity fatigue,

the Jackson clan sucked all the oxygen out of the nation's memorial psyche.

[omega minimo]

27. Maybe it's Truthiness.

[BobRossi]

5. I don't think Mr. Cronkite would be pleased with any more.

Perhaps less is more in this case?

[TexasProgresive]

6. Walter was spinning in his coffin over the obsession

I watch broadcast TV so I don't get the cable sNews services. Saturday morning both CBS and NBC had all Cronkite all the time. They only broke from it to give the weather. I have no problem with them running a special but there is other news and they obsessed over this one story like they did about Jackson, Holliway and the other dead white girls.

It's like they look for anything to give them an excuse from airing the real news.

[ThomWV]

7. And what - was M. Mackson moon-walking across the top of his?

[moondust]

8. Probably.

I imagine the topic makes today's M$M feel like midgets and con men. :)

[CBGLuthier]

9. a few pissy du'ers thought that was too much.

[Vinca]

10. They wouldn't want to clog up the airways - after all,

you never know when a young, blond, white woman will go missing.

[shadowknows69]

11. Walter didn't dance and sing and sell a bazillion records

He just covered some of the most important events of the 20th century. And he ended a war, but hell, you can't make a music video of that.

[ThomWV]

19. Odd when you think about it because nowdays all you get is a Song and Dance from newscasters.

[shadowknows69]

22. Well said.

[cali]

12. there was program after program on Cronkite.

that you aren't aware of something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[chelsea0011]

13. I laughed at all the "news people" now gushing about everything that

Cronkite was and thereby pointing out everything they're not

[Danmel]

14. I was quite unimpressed with the CBS special

Robin Williams? Really why is he the oracle of wisdom re Cronkite?

[Frank Cannon]

16. He and Cronkite had done a project together once and were friends

I thought the special showed what a well-rounded guy Walter was, that he was even buddies with Robin Williams and the Grateful Dead.

[Danmel]

17. I understand that

I just think once would have been enough- surely lots of other people have done projects with Wakter Cronkite too.

[sfwriter]

23. Recognizeable humanists are hard to find...

That's probably why they picked Williams.

[stray cat]

15. nonstop since Friday on the news networks

[FrenchieCat]

18. That's what I get for just watching a little TV.......

But when I did turn on CNN and other channels, I didn't see much.

[KharmaTrain]

20. Just Cause Other Coverage Went Over The Top

I think CBS did a classy job on their salute to Uncle Walter. They had people who worked with him, friend and those who know him...not bubblehead wannabe game show hosts who are clueless but babble on anyway.

I'm glad they're not running non-stop Walter. It says more about how the corporate media wastes time on Jacko or prostrated themselves over Timmeh. In both cases, the set when click.

We now return you to your normally scheduled corporate propaganda...

[AngryAmish]

21. I'm 40 and I barely remember Cronkite

WHen more than half the population has no idea who you are talking about then it is not a universal story.

[sfwriter]

24. Bingo!

I'm 40 and I remember him REALLY WELL. I watch CBS news from 5 to 13 or so almost every night, so I got a few years of him, remember his retirement and am still bitter at CBS for the way they treated him. He was supposed to use these years to do specials for CBS, but Dan rather really wanted him GONE once he was out the door.

[Paladin]

26. Well, Do You Remember Tim Russert?

Do you remember the seemingly endless tributes and canonization efforts for him? All you need to know about Walter Cronkite is that he's entitled to double that amount of public respect, bare minimum. And I think Russert would agree with me....

[Fire1]

32. I did not care for Russert AT ALL. Walter Cronkite was

distinquished and esteemed and deserved far more coverage.

[Fire1]

33. Maybe b/c you never watched anything beyond local news? n/t

[AngryAmish]

35. Cronkite left in 1980, right?

That was the Anchorman/Ron Burgundy era of news. I was 11. Did I watch the news? Sometimes, but the national news was during supper. My folks did watch CBS, with the local anchors being Bill Kurtis (again, Anchorman) and Walter Jacobsen.

Did Cronkite do independent reporting? Or was he a guy who just read the news?

[lukasahero]

29. MSM? What about DU?

Guess we know where our priorities are after all.

[piratefish08]

31. you speak the truth! it was Michael Jackson 24/7 for 2 weeks on this board....

[cbdo2007]

30. Get over it...WC was like 100 years old when he died.

Most people I know were like, "I thought he was already dead..."

And most of the younger generation don't even care a wit about WC. I'm 32 and only know him from a few famous tv clips.

[Ikonoklast]

34. Wow. Like, wow.

So, because you and your peer age group thought he was already dead, there is no significance in his passing.

I weep for the future.

[Fire1]

36. Welcome to the future. It sucks. n/t

[lukasahero]

37. Not sure which post is more poignant

Your's or the one you're replying to. :(