Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I did not believe that the public was sophisticated enough to understand that a newsman could wear several hats and that we had the ability to turn off - nearly, you can't say perfectly, but nearly - all of our prejudices and biases. "

Walter Cronkite

Say

You

Understand

Related Quotes:

" I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake. "

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

" You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might. "

" I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs. "

" There were a few youthful fishing trips, but I never enjoyed the experiences, partly because I didn't like hurting the bait. "

" If, as they say, the threat of the hangman's noose has a powerful way of focusing one's attention, the same can be said of pregnancy. "

" I hope that, somewhere, Mom and Dad are proud that little Walter is performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "

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

" Advertising's always been a considerable pressure on publishers. "

" I do not consider a liberal necessarily to be a leftist. "

" Beyond being timely, an obituary has a more subjective duty: to assess its subject's impact. "

" We have overcome some terrible blows to our democracy, to the future of our democracy, to the future of our nation. We survived the Civil War and the strife that tore this nation apart. "

" I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably and makes it possible for the public to be far more aware, far more up-to-date on issues and the opposite sides of the issues. "

" 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. "

" 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

" There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering. "

" 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. "

" I wanted to have more time to play and reflect, but I find retirement more stressful than having a nice, steady job because I have to make decisions about where I want to be. "

" All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general. "

" We all have our likes and our dislikes. But... when we're doing news - when we're doing the front-page news, not the back page, not the op-ed pages, but when we're doing the daily news, covering politics - it is our duty to be sure that we do not permit our prejudices to show. That is simply basic journalism. "

" Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience. "

" America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system. "

" The civil rights fight was a very important fight. "

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

" The democratic system is challenged by the failure in television because our evening news programmes have gone for an attempt to entertain as much as to inform in the desperate fight for ratings. "

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

" I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people most want to be seen and heard, so there's no question that there's an advantage. "

" We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders. "

" As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: 'And that's the way it is.' To me, that encapsulates the newsman's highest ideal: to report the facts as he sees them, without regard for the consequences or controversy that may ensue. "

" I'm one of the best condensers in the business. "

Walter Cronkite

Best

Business