Celebrating Cronkite At 90
Honoring The Legendary Newsman With Stories And Remembrances From The Biggest Names In News, Politics And Entertainment
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Play CBS Video Video Bill Clinton On Cronkite Former President Bill Clinton shares his thoughts on legendary newsman Walter Cronkite. He says Cronkite "represents the best of the First Amendment."
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Video Clooney Reflects On Cronkite In February 1968, Walter Cronkite told the public what he thought about the war in Vietnam. Actor George Clooney talks about the impact of Cronkite's statements.
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Video Celebrating Cronkite It has been 26 years since Walter Cronkite retired, but he is still one of the most trusted men in America. "That's The Way It Is: Celebrating Cronkite At 90," looks back at Walter's career.
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CBS-TV newscaster Douglas Edwards, news anchor Walter Cronkite, and news commentator Edward R. Murrow, shown left to right, in the CBS Studios in New York in the 1950s. (CBS)
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Walter Cronkite, in the anchor chair he only recently took over from Douglas Edwards, confirms the death of President John F. Kennedy to a sorrowful nation on Nov. 22, 1963. (CBS)
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Reporting from Vietnam in 1968. (CBS)
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CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite holds up a copy of The New York Times the day after Apollo 11 first landed on the moon, July 20, 1969. (CBS)
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Timeline Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009 "That's the way it is." A look at the life and career of the legendary newsman.
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Interactive This Is CBS Photos, a timeline and some information about the people who make it the Tiffany Network.
The iconic newsman’s colleagues and friends will celebrate his professional and personal lives in a one-hour primetime special broadcast on the CBS Television Network.
CBS News colleagues Don Hewitt, Dan Rather, Morley Safer and Wallace take viewers behind the headlines that Cronkite masterfully reported to reveal the professionalism, dedication and extraordinary influence of the man they knew so well.
Competitors Ted Koppel, Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters, as well as the newest generation of anchors, Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams, talk about the unique role Cronkite played in American culture and how he continues to influence them today.
But, lest viewers think "the most trusted man in America" was one-dimensional and singularly obsessed with the news, some of Cronkite's personal friends, including actor/comedian Williams, actor/director Clooney and Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, as well as President Bill Clinton and filmmaker Spike Lee, share poignant personal thoughts and revealing recollections of the newsman’s "other side."
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