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Walter Cronkite Quotes

American - Journalist | November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009

I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

Walter Cronkite

Competition Democracy Moving Think

With all this dolling up and featuring of the news, it's getter harder and harder just to get the facts of the story.

Walter Cronkite

Story Facts News Up Get Just

Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.

Walter Cronkite

Audience United Cut Along Come Hour

It's a little hard not to be an elitist when you're making millions of dollars a year.

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Year You Hard Little Making Elitist

For heaven's sakes, in the newspaper days, when we had competing newspapers, and the newsstands sale was as important as the circulation - as the agreed-upon circulation, whatever you call that - in those days, why, gosh, the sensationalism was tremendous.

Walter Cronkite

You Heaven Important Why Newspaper

I can swear on a stack of Bibles that not once in doing the 'CBS Evening News' for 19 years - well, I take it back. Once perhaps. But during 19 years, with perhaps one exception, was I ever aware of any political or commercial pressure on that broadcast whatsoever.

Walter Cronkite

Evening Pressure Political Doing

I am a news presenter, a news broadcaster, an anchorman, a managing editor - not a commentator or analyst.

Walter Cronkite

I Am News Editor Broadcaster Am

I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people most want to be seen and heard, so there's no question that there's an advantage.

Walter Cronkite

Leader People Want Question Seen

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.

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Life Success Game Person Everything

I do not consider a liberal necessarily to be a leftist.

Walter Cronkite

Liberal Leftist Consider Necessarily

Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.

Walter Cronkite

Go Growing Grandfather Never Rage

Arianna Huffington has exercised her renowned wisdom to give journalism another boost along the ever busier Internet. Her blog site promises to be an interesting challenge for those of us lucky enough to be invited to participate with our occasional contributions.

Walter Cronkite

Wisdom Challenge Promises Interesting

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