Walter Cronkite television personality and newsman
Walter Cronkite bristles every time he is accused of being as much a television personality as a newsman. Yet fans hound Cronkite for autographs while the politician cools his heels. This year he will cover his 12th presidential election along with the two political conventions, and plans to report what he hears and sees with all the impartiality he can muster. Photo issued June 9, 1976 in Hollywood. (UPI Photo/Files)
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A former FBI attorney says the bureau should not have destroyed its files on former CBS television anchorman Walter Cronkite.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Journalists and politicians -- usually wary of each other -- joined together in New York Wednesday to pay tribute to late journalist Walter Cronkite.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and ex-astronaut Buzz Aldrin are to attend a memorial service for Walter Cronkite, officials said.
Cronkite called 'a wire-service reporter at heart' ... Jackson's death likely listed as homicide ... Winehouse acquitted of assault charge ... Rumored Gosselin gal pal quits Star job ... News from United Press International.
NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- Walter Cronkite, the pioneering television network anchorman, was remembered Thursday at an invitation-only funeral in New York as primarily a reporter.
New 'Harry Potter' film tops $100 million ... Third delay in Jackson custody hearing ... Celebs to honor Mandela at N.Y. concert ... Cronkite to be remembered in TV special ... News from United Press International.
NEW YORK, July 18 (UPI) -- Today's young U.S. media consumers have a hard time comprehending the sway Walter Cronkite had on the country, CBS News President Sean McManus says.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- When Walter Cronkite ended his newscasts with "And that's the way it is," America believed him, colleagues said following Cronkite's death Friday at age 92.
NEW YORK, July 17 (UPI) -- Walter Cronkite, who died Friday at 92, was a much honored U.S. journalist and a recipient of a Medal of Freedom and a Peabody Award.
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