So much about this clip recalls my earliest memories of the news including the references to correspondents in Viet Nam, 1968, the tragic death of Dr. King.
And, of course, Walter Cronkite.
Cronkite’s most famous moments may be either of taking his glasses off and noting the time when reporting the assassination of President Kennedy, or his evident excitement when we landed on the moon (you really should watch the moon clip – – a reminder of how we felt in the middle of the Cold War when such a giant step was achieved).
I’m afraid that my image of Cronkite is completely overshadowed by his oppressive political bias, revealed as soon as he didn’t have to keep acting; and particularly by his virulent yet uncomprehending hatred for Christians being Christian in any public way.
It does make me thankful, though, that in our day we are not locked in to choosing between only CBSNBCABC for our news and information.
Also, it always saddens me when a man goes to judgment without any sign of having prepared.
I thought about Cronkite’s political bias when I made that post. I assumed that was the case, though I wasn’t sure. But, I simply don’t remember him well.
I wouldn’t be able to handle putting up a post about Dan Rather, for instance, because I remember him way too well.
I didn’t realize that Cronkite was that anti-Christian. Sobering. One of my children asked if he was a believer, and I said that I simply didn’t know.
I think expressing sadness at his passing, for his soul’s sake, is appropriate. And he would be a figure important particularly to older people. I’m not quibbling with you at all.
But he has an undeserved image, and that’s my quibble.
Though it has an insensitive title, this post reminds of some of the political facts.
As to the other, here is a bit, and this.
There’s more to be found, but my aim isn’t to pile on Cronkite any further.
I think it’s appropriate on your part. It is so easy for us to simply be nostalgic. And, there is a place for that. I enjoy watching the moon landing . . . yet, that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t think objectively about what that period meant in the life of our country. What a crazy time it was. . . and, I wasn’t old enough to sort through it.