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" Helping set the day's agenda and deciding what we used and editing it, that was a journalistic high point. I liked reporting as well. Just doing the news - the live performance - wasn't important. Working on the desk was. "

Walter Cronkite

Live

Day

Doing

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Walter Cronkite

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Matter

" A lot of the questions raised about television's power and influence on events have applied throughout history to every mass-communications medium - most particularly print, because that's the medium we've had the longest. "

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Walter Cronkite

Way

" I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family. "

" I certainly think cameras ought to be in courtrooms. "

" I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that. "

" I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it. "

" I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am. "

" I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style. "

" I do think that the success, although still not complete... in the recognition of equal rights... to all Americans, regardless of color, creed and so forth, was also one of the best stories we've had to report. "

" A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am. "

Walter Cronkite

I Am

Facts

" I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry. "

" I think cameras ought to be everywhere the reporters are allowed to go. I think, furthermore, reporters and cameras ought to be everywhere that the Constitution says the public can go. "

Walter Cronkite

Constitution

Think

" In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain. "

" It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role. "

" I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst. "

" I'm a liberal, but I'm not biased. Seriously. "

" Court proceedings, except for certain limited situations, are open to the public. This is for the protection of the accused, to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial. "

" Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible. "

Walter Cronkite

Just

Out

" Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason. "

" Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough to be invited to participate with our occasional contributions. "

" I learned early on that in the real world, the masks of tragedy and comedy adorn the proscenium of every life. "

" Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine. "

" Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened. "

" I worry that we're not getting enough of the news that we need to make informed judgments as citizens. "

" On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way. "

" I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday, I was already regretting it. And I regretted it every day since. "

" It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space. "

Walter Cronkite

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