Walter Cronkite

A University of Texas official says legendary newsman's Walter Cronkite's papers and photographs will be permanently housed at the Austin campus and then exhibited in May. Don Carleton, director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Center, told The Daily Texan student newspaper that the papers are the "most influential documents in the history of broadcast journalism." The center already has most of Cronkite's papers stored in its archives, including all of his reporter's notebooks from his 1968 tour through Vietnam. Cronkite wrote for the student newspaper before dropping out of the University of Texas in 1935 in his junior year. ___ Information ... Read Full Story

The following article originally appeared on OpEdNews.com . The Iraq war's chief New York Times cheerleader has reversed field on Afghanistan. Does it mean there will be no escalation? In early 1968, after the devastating Tet Offense, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite pronounced the Vietnam War unwinnable. Lyndon Johnson knew he had "lost middle America" and soon declined to run for a second term. The war dragged on for seven more hellish years. But the hearts and minds of the American public had been lost. Tom Friedman is no Walter Cronkite. His Times column is influential in certain circles, but has nowhere near the ... Read Full Story

 Delicious THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much. To Chip, Kathy, and Nancy, who graciously shared your father with a nation that loved him; to Walter’s friends, colleagues, protégés, and all who considered him a hero; to the men of the Intrepid; to all of you who are gathered here today; I am honored to be here to pay tribute to the life and times of the man who chronicled our time. I did not know Mr. Cronkite personally. And my regret is made more acute by the stories that have been shared here today. Nor, for that matter, did I know ... Read Full Story

The following article originally appeared on OpEdNews.com . The Iraq war's chief New York Times cheerleader has reversed field on Afghanistan. Does it mean there will be no escalation? In early 1968, after the devastating Tet Offense, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite pronounced the Vietnam War unwinnable. Lyndon Johnson knew he had "lost middle America" and soon declined to run for a second term. The war dragged on for seven more hellish years. But the hearts and minds of the American public had been lost. Tom Friedman is no Walter Cronkite. His Times column is influential in certain circles, but has nowhere near the ... Read Full Story

Former President Bill Clinton remembered Walter Cronkite as "a great citizen and a profoundly good human being" during a memorial service Wednesday for the legendary newsman. Clinton saluted Cronkite for "an inquiring mind and a caring heart and a careful devotion to the facts." After watching Cronkite as a youngster, Clinton grew to be friends with him in adulthood, "and I just ended up being crazy about the guy." Others scheduled to appear included former Cronkite colleagues at CBS News, musicians Wynton Marsalis and Mickey Hart, and President Barack Obama. Jimmy Buffett sang his classic "Son of a Son of a Sailor" for his ... Read Full Story