Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for March 19, 2020

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    willispate  over 4 years ago

    dang, he’s THAT old?!

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    Lucy Rudy  over 4 years ago

    Chronkite was the last one I trusted.

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    Differentname  over 4 years ago

    Almost like he never heard of McCarthy and Murrow.

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    rshive  over 4 years ago

    Back when one could attach anchors to those big wood cabinets.

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    gopher gofer  over 4 years ago

    ‘and that’s the way it is…’

    https://www.cbsnews.com/video/and-thats-the-way-it-is-walter-cronkites-final-sign-off/

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    jbrobo Premium Member over 4 years ago

    He remembers when moby dick was a sardine.

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    WLG12037  over 4 years ago

    He remembers when Howdy Doody was a block of wood.

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    david_42  over 4 years ago

    Where is Walter when we need him?

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    ellisc  over 4 years ago

    An alumnus of my alma mater (ASU) by the name of Walter Cronkite was one of them!

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    William Robbins Premium Member over 4 years ago

    When Fox is your normal, reality will seem biased.

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    KFischer1  over 4 years ago

    The problem today is that just reporting what a politician says is taken as a political slant.

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    rhpii  over 4 years ago

    Amen.

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    asmbeers  over 4 years ago

    I’m so old I remember when people were hired just for the ability to do the job.

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    WilliamRichmond  over 4 years ago

    That’s old!!!

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    Linguist  over 4 years ago

    Once Rupert Murdoch got his fingers into television broadcasting, the whole concept of impartial news reporting was turned on its head. He managed to convince the viewing masses that there was a great liberal media conspiracy and other broadcasters were misleading the public. Rupert’s News Corp. television and radio outlets were the right way to view the news – Objectivity be damned! The more vitriol, the more sensation, the more outrageous the views equaled more viewers and that meant more advertisers with more money to contribute to the Murdoch empire.

    In the U.S.A., Faux Noise has become Trump’s brain. Fox News effectively controls everything that the Orange Emperor thinks and says on any subject.

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    rickmac1937 Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Got that right, they gave you the news not their opinion of the news

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    corpcasselbury  over 4 years ago

    I remember Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, Harry Reasoner and Howard K. Smith, Edwin Newman, and John Chancellor. What we have today doesn’t even begin to measure up to those men, who were giants in their field.

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    guyjen2004  over 4 years ago

    Edward R. Murrow and Jim Acosta: Who is the best? Discuss! LOL

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    copelius  over 4 years ago

    Then he wasn’t paying attention

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    BrentskiL  over 4 years ago

    I wish we were back to that type of news reporting… things would be so much better for it.

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  over 4 years ago

    I guess I’m as old as or even older than Biz. I remember before we had TV in our house.

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    JD'Huntsville'AL  over 4 years ago

    Same here.

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    1MadHat Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Frankly, the whole lot of today’s crud readers couldn’t hold a candle to any one of those mentioned.

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    tripwire45  over 4 years ago

    I’m old, too.

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    William Stoneham Premium Member over 4 years ago

    News reporters, teachers, ministers and most celebrities kept their personal politics to themselves. Ah, the good old days.

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    Lucy Rudy  over 4 years ago

    My grade school principal was Cronkite’s aunt. She was kinda mean. I saw him once in NYC but didn’t get to talk to him.

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    washatkc Premium Member over 4 years ago

    I miss that

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