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- piieerrrree, on 07/19/2009, -2/+94Why can't we have journalism like this nowadays? (Accurate, impartial, factual)
- Mankind121, on 07/19/2009, -0/+88And of course the first recommended video from CBS is 'Late Late Show - Paris Hilton's Cleavage' -- Classy
RIP Cronkite - CJDarkhaven, on 07/18/2009, -0/+42There are some instances that will never lose it's impact in the delivery, nor the sadness of the content.
- antdude, on 07/18/2009, -0/+41I really like these old news clips.
- hankthedwarf, on 07/19/2009, -0/+27Sensationalism and lies sell. Unfortunately.
- inactive, on 07/19/2009, -1/+24Walter Cronkite died just so he could roll over in his grave. The man is truly an American legend, who, to many, still represents the idea of journalistic integrity and fearlessness. His death is a huge loss not only because he isn't with us, but because he may very well have been the best and last of his kind.
- alais, on 07/19/2009, -0/+20Not to take the focus away from Cronkite but the context of what he was reporting on is further illustrated by Bobby Kennedy's announcement of MLK's death at a rally http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9yX0Zv1tZU
Contrast the quality of Bobby's speech, live and on the spot in the face of such a terrible event with the pre-written, canned and cold speeches we get from politicians today. - RunningboardV2, on 07/19/2009, -0/+20i'm not gonna lie, although i respect cronkite's departure, this particular clip is more moving because of MLK.
- thundacatblue, on 07/19/2009, -5/+23For a couple of generations, Walter Cronkite was the internet. RIP
- JFitzpatrick, on 07/19/2009, -1/+18Was anyone else struck by how vacant the screen was?
No ticker tapes. No constant shifting images. No split screen. No cut from one scene to the next like a meth driven music video.... man I'm sick of the seizure inducing delivery of modern news. - ThatGeek, on 07/19/2009, -3/+19every time I hear MLK speak it honesly brings tears to my eyes. There is no one like him, no one can speak like that
- palehorse864, on 07/19/2009, -0/+14I like his no nonsense detailed delivery without trying to add drama or his own emotional words to an already dramatic and emotional situation. Sometimes you don't have to over-dramatize a bad situation when the drama speaks for itself. I wish more digg headlines and news stories in general were like this.
He didn't have to manipulate his audience into feeling the emotions they already had and there was more detail in that short little broadcast than there was in most thirty minute to hour long news stories. He reported every detail he had. - navidb, on 07/19/2009, -0/+12Damn that must have been nuts to turn on the TV and hear that
- blitz718, on 07/19/2009, -0/+13You mean we've fallen a long way?
- stereosaurus, on 07/19/2009, -0/+11Because it doesn't make as much money as talking about Brangelina or the 'terrifying craze that your kids are into and you dont even know about - jenkem, later at 6'.
- hankthedwarf, on 07/19/2009, -0/+9Yeah you can definitely tell by the cadence and thoughtfulness that he wasn't regurgitating something a speech writer handed him 3 minutes before going to the podium.
- alais, on 07/19/2009, -0/+9No, he was no where near that bad.
- opticwind, on 07/19/2009, -0/+8Has it really been 40 years?
- rpgmakr, on 07/19/2009, -1/+8Compare that to recent clips of Bill O'Reilly or Hannity. We've come a long *****' way.
- alais, on 07/19/2009, -0/+7Studio versus remote/field feed. Studios got the color cameras first.
- ammundsen, on 07/19/2009, -4/+11I dont know that Cronkite's news was any of that. It might have been accurate and factual, but not impartial. And it was generally missing huge parts of the story with the intent of promoting a viewpoint.
- hsbsitez, on 07/19/2009, -1/+7so a news company could afford a color camera, but the president could not.
- apollomurga, on 07/19/2009, -0/+6older than the internet?
- Niightwitch, on 07/19/2009, -0/+6Ummm.....that's what they called black people then, it was a very appropriate phrase to use with no insult intended.
- Kaiosama, on 07/19/2009, -0/+5The MLK speech segment looks like they just threw on a movie clip in mid-broadcast. I can't imagine anyone giving a speech like that on a nightly news broadcast today.
- peacenik, on 07/19/2009, -0/+5Your quote was not taken from a newscast so it fails to prove that he presented the news with an obvious bias. My memory of him was that he focused on the facts and rarely stated his opinion, such that when he did, it was profoundly more meaningful (and was clearly an "opinion").
Today far more of our news is inflated by opinion (lots of it) underpinned with poorly organized facts. - FmyLife, on 07/19/2009, -0/+5People always say this, but we do have accurate, impartial, factual news reports. Jim Lehrer PBS The News Hour.
- scottc, on 07/19/2009, -0/+5That speech saved Indianapolis from the riots which hit most other cities with large black populations that night.
- nvisible, on 07/19/2009, -1/+5Come this way Mr. Hyperminimalist, it is time for your medication.
- TheBadWolf, on 07/19/2009, -1/+5I agree. They're total ***** for capitalizing on the heroes of our world.
Nothing pissed me off more than Apple's Rosa Parks "Think Different." - hankthedwarf, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4.
- ChaosProfessor, on 07/19/2009, -2/+6They were definatly more graphic back then with the "exploded in his face" comment, that would never fly anymore
- haloplayer9672, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4The sad thing is, O'Reilly and Hannity do not advertise themselves as news shows; they are commentators. They simply offer their opinions on television for other people to watch and take out of context to give HuffPo more page views.
- cowsgonemadd3, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4People must like it or it would be canceled.
- ZenFountain, on 07/19/2009, -1/+5It's a metaphor for what's gone wrong in America.
- alais, on 07/19/2009, -0/+4No one.
- kitsua, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3I've recently discovered NPR (I'm British) and I find it to be very good quality broadcasting (Particularly Talk of the Nation and Wait wait, don't tell me!). PBS is the TV version isn't it?
- alais, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3Wish granted.
- UltimateCrouton, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3People are idiots.
- Anand999, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3You mean, you went to him when you wanted to look at porn?
- simpsonman3000, on 07/19/2009, -2/+5CBS's top rated show is a show based on 5th grade sex and poop jokes with friggin charlie sheen in it.
i think theyve thrown class out the window 6 years ago or whenever it premiered - sphira, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3One thing for sure, is Cronkite was genuine; and as for the utube vid -
Eloquent
In contrast to his brothers -
One can't help but wonder what the heck happened to Ted?
Another question is who hath done these killings?
assuredly - Planned and purposeful by other than the trigger men. - scottc, on 07/19/2009, -1/+4@ammundsen: You don't have any examples to back up your assertion? Cronkite speaking at a public engagement is not a newscast. You might disagree with his views, but it's unfair to say that he intentionally misreported stories to promote those views.
- inactive, on 07/19/2009, -2/+5From the comments - "I'm sure Ghandi would appreciate being used to sell computers. ***** *****."
Sweet baby Jesus miscarriage that is too true/funny. - youngdb, on 07/19/2009, -1/+4Martin Luther King Jr.'s true message has been lost in the history books and on many people He had started a Poor People's Campaign of black and white a year before he was killed. His true message he was coming to near the end of his life is contained in his speech "Where do we go from here" linked below. He had planned to march on Washington to demand more rights for the working class.. He was AGAINST WAR, and said we need to ask why so many people are in poverty and why someone owns the water and the resources that belong to all the people. He envisioned the Beloved Community, a society free from racism, war, and poverty. So much about what he said has not been repeated widely enough.
Great quote from his speech "Where do we go from here"(STILL SO TRUE TODAY MORE THAN EVER)
"He said, in other words, "Your whole structure must be changed." A nation that will keep people in slavery for 244 years will "thingify" them - make them things. Therefore they will exploit them, and poor people generally, economically. And a nation that will exploit economically will have to have foreign investments and everything else, and will have to use its military might to protect them. All of these problems are tied together. What I am saying today is that we must go from this convention and say, "America, you must be born again!""
Also from speech:
"I want to say to you as I move to my conclusion, as we talk about "Where do we go from here," that we honestly face the fact that the Movement must address itself to the question of restructuring the whole of American society. There are forty million poor people here. And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. And I'm simply saying that more and more, we've got to begin to ask questions about the whole society. We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life's market place. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. It means that questions must be raised. You see, my friends, when you deal with this, you begin to ask the question, "Who owns the oil?" You begin to ask the question, "Who owns the iron ore?" You begin to ask the question, "Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that is two thirds water?" These are questions that must be asked."
A great speech was Where Do We Go From Here where he would have gone:
http://www.indiana.edu/~ivieweb/mlkwhere.html - ammundsen, on 07/19/2009, -3/+6Here is Walter's promoting world government:
"It seems to many of us that if we are to avoid the eventual catastrophic world conflict we must strengthen the United Nations as a first step toward a world government patterned after our own government with a legislature, executive and judiciary, and police to enforce its international laws and keep the peace. To do that, of course, we Americans will have to yield up some of our sovereignty. That would be a bitter pill. It would take a lot of courage, a lot of faith in the new order. But the American colonies did it once and brought forth one of the most nearly perfect unions the world has ever seen."
- Walter Cronkite to United Nations - stevenr21, on 07/19/2009, -0/+3RIP King and Cronkite
- thefbimonkey, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2I agree wholeheartedly.
- DeadFox1, on 07/19/2009, -0/+2good lord. wash that sand out of your hoohaa.
- hankthedwarf, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2Yeah there's definitely no flash or sensationalism, which is a great thing.
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