"And that's the way it was."

Jul. 17th, 2009 at 10:44 PM

Godspeed Mr. Cronkite.

I am to young to have watched him on the old TV news shows, but I have seen clips and his specials.
He truly was a voice of reason and sanity in a confused time. I wish we had someone of his caliber now.

You will be missed.

Animatedly...: contemplative

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towards

Jul. 18th, 2009 04:31 am (UTC)

so totally unrelated, but where are you again? cause i was thinking we should totally try to hang out sometime, since i'm forever running all over the state anyway, lol. perhaps indulge in smoothies of some kind? <3

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jennielf

Jul. 19th, 2009 03:38 pm (UTC)

Im in Melbourne girl.
:)
I will be at Disney tho next weekend for my wedding. ;)

my email (which you should know) is jennielf (at) g m a i l (dot) c o m

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kirylyn

Jul. 19th, 2009 12:00 am (UTC)

his voice will truly be missed

I'm going to re-watch the Apollo 13 ep of 'From the Earth to the Moon' tonight in memory (because Cronkite did NOT want to "hound" the astronauts' families in their time of worry. sadly, other networks did not agree.

I know that we have no voice as honest and plain-spoken as his anymore.

and I have to wonder if that is due in part to having to become network 'shills' in order to keep one's job?

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jennielf

Jul. 19th, 2009 03:44 pm (UTC)

I agree with your last question.
Another friend in a comment below says Jim Lehrer is good. Perhaps, but its not like he has come out and has become the trusted voice of anyone.

EVERYONE knew Cronkite was a journalist but of another caliber....I dont know....

He was also universally watched as well. Part of why CBS had such a strong stranglehold on being THE news network, at least until 80's and 90's. Maybe cable has chnaged the landscape that much - or the internet...

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