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Walter Cronkite
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American broadcast journalist (1916-2009)
Walter Cronkite was an American broadcast journalist who became one of the most trusted news anchors in television history during his long career from the mid-20th century until his retirement. He matters because he helped shape how millions of Americans received and trusted their news during pivotal historical events, establishing the role of the television news anchor as a central figure in American public life.
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Person · Open Library
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- 44
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- Remembering the moon
- George Washington
- Harry S. Truman
- The first annual Theodore H. White Lecture with Walter Cronkite
- Walter Cronkite
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Acting · St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in…
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- One to One: John & Yoko — Self (archive footage)2025
- Sally — Self (archive footage)2025
- JFK Assassination: A New Perspective — Self (archive footage)2025
- Apollo 13: Survival — Self (archive footage)2024
- Bad Hostage — Self (archive footage)2024
- The White House Effect — Self (archive footage)2024
- Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
- JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World — Self (archive footage)2023
- The Janes — Self (archive footage)2022
- The Martha Mitchell Effect — Self (archive footage)2022
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- Person
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- Male
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- United States
- Active from
- 1916
- Active to
- 2009
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Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. <a hre
Academic profile · OpenAlex
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- Memorias de un reportero1997 · 34 cit
- Source Diversity in U.S. Online Citizen Journalism and Online Newspaper Articles2008 · 29 cit
- A Reporter's Life1997 · 22 cit
- Visualizing the Public Spheres1994 · 6 cit
- Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home2013 · 3 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 30,480x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,411x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,391x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,273x
- A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
· 1943 · cited 13,060x
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Quotes
- “And that's the way it is. ...[reads date]. This is Walter Cronkite, CBS News; good night.”
- “We recognize, however dimly, that greater efficiency, ease, and security may come at a substantial price in freedom, that can be a version of oppression, that individual liberties surrendered for whatever good reason are freedom lost.”
- “I regret that, in our attempt to establish some standards, we didn't make them stick. We couldn't find a way to pass them on to another generation, really.”
- “Here is a bulletin from CBS News: in Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas. The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting.”
- “More details just arrived. These details about the same as previously: President Kennedy shot today just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas; Mrs. Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mr. Kennedy, she called 'Oh, no!'; the motorcade sped on. United Press says that the wounds for President Kennedy perhaps could be fatal.”
- “From Dallas, Texas, the flash apparently official: President Kennedy died at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time, 2:00 Eastern Standard Time, some 38 minutes ago. [pause as Cronkite fights back tears, then regains his composure] Vice President Johnson [clears throat] has left the hospital in Dallas, but we do not know to where he has proceeded; presumably, he will be taking the oath of office shortly and become the 36th President of the United States...”
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- 1916-11-04
- date of death
- 2009-07-17
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- Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
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- And that's the way it is.
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
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- Walter Leland Cronkite
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- 2009-00-00
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Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Cronkite received numerous honors including two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, an Emmy Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Cronkite reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran hostage crisis; and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr., and Beatles musician John Lennon. He was also known for his extensive coverage of the American space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of an Ambassador of Exploration award. Cronkite is known for his departing catchphrase, "And that's the way it is," followed by the date of the broadcast.