Cronkite
Americannoun
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During that time, many journalists chose to leave the CBS newsroom -- once home to famed US journalists Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow and a long reputation for excellence in American journalism.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Because of that training, viewers could tell Cronkite was a professional operating under clear and continuing standards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
In an interview with The Times, Socolow said Cronkite was never comfortable with his designation as “the most trusted man in America.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
Walter Cronkite once said to me privately something that he often said publicly: “We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.”
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
Walter Cronkite didn’t read off the names of the missing in action, so Lieutenant Baker was never mentioned.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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