Comments on: Walter Cronkite and a Different Era of News http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/11/walter-cronkite-and-a-different-era-of-news/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: euonymous http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/11/walter-cronkite-and-a-different-era-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-8791 euonymous Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:27:26 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=24215#comment-8791 While I agree that Walter Cronkite set the bar on TV journalism and was trusted like no journalist today, it's not that simple. I attended the University of Buffalo millions of years ago and came home one night from an uneventful day on campus to hear Walter talk about riots and marches on my campus. Uh, no. That taught me two things: (1) He's reading the news, not reporting it, and (2) don't believe everything you see on TV. Those were good things to learn early in life. Having said that, when Uncle Walt DID report, he did the work of an excellent journalist. While I agree that Walter Cronkite set the bar on TV journalism and was trusted like no journalist today, it’s not that simple. I attended the University of Buffalo millions of years ago and came home one night from an uneventful day on campus to hear Walter talk about riots and marches on my campus. Uh, no. That taught me two things: (1) He’s reading the news, not reporting it, and (2) don’t believe everything you see on TV. Those were good things to learn early in life. Having said that, when Uncle Walt DID report, he did the work of an excellent journalist.

]]> By: Odyssey8 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/11/walter-cronkite-and-a-different-era-of-news/comment-page-1/#comment-8717 Odyssey8 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:26:48 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=24215#comment-8717 Around my house when I was a kid, watching the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite was a given. He was so much a part of the family, we called him "Uncle Walt". I am sad to say that such a level of trust in news journalism is long gone now with all the current focus on ratings points and the "if it bleeds, it leads" mentality that is so pervasive today in broadcast news. Don't even get me started with all the editorializing that is pathetically trying to be passed off as "news." Suffice to say, the best years of broadcast t.v. journalism are long since past. Around my house when I was a kid, watching the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite was a given.

He was so much a part of the family, we called him “Uncle Walt”.

I am sad to say that such a level of trust in news journalism is long gone now with all the current focus on ratings points and the “if it bleeds, it leads” mentality that is so pervasive today in broadcast news. Don’t even get me started with all the editorializing that is pathetically trying to be passed off as “news.”

Suffice to say, the best years of broadcast t.v. journalism are long since past.

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