American - Journalist | November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009
I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
Walter Cronkite
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I miss particularly the managing editor role on the 'Evening News.'
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All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.
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I did not believe that the public was sophisticated enough to understand that a newsman could wear several hats and that we had the ability to turn off - nearly, you can't say perfectly, but nearly - all of our prejudices and biases.
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It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.
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