Walter Cronkite is dead/merged

[garandfan1974]

Mr. Cronkite passed away today. Last correspondant alive that covered ww2.

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[Bill Hollinger]

I always liked listening to his commentary.

[Major Tom]

I especially watched his live reports from 'Nam. I believe he was the last real reporter.

[garandfan1974]

Hes an American icon that will be surely missed. I read a post saying that the greatest generation is leaving us fast, prime example. And people wonder why we want to preserve these old rifles...

[0311Shooter]

Sorry, I have no love lost for Uncle Walter. We won every battle in Vietnam but when he said we lost the war, we lost the war.

Besides, a huge anti-gun liberal.

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[Calif-Steve]

We had an free-lance female reporter in our Province while I was an Advisor in RVN. She moved in with the Seal Team and was drunk almost all of the time. Filed a "story" once in awhile, mostly about how the Seals were winning the war. I am very doubtful about reporters, never met Cronkite in any rice paddie I was standing in.

[jjroth]

was David Brinkley about Clinton. And look how he got trounced.

[John L. Lucci]

Walter Cronkite is dead. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/17/wal...ead/index.html


Shame in his later years he became such a hardcore flaming liberal..

[Gyrene]

John L. Lucci - I was convinced he was a liberal, all of his reporting years. I was also taught that I should not badmouth the deceased. Uncle Walter was never our friend!

Gyrene OFC

semper fi

[milprileb]

Being a reporter and being a responsible reporter does not always wash.

Cronkite was wrong when he reported the Tet 68 battles and he made America believe we were losing which was not the case at all.

I never slam the dead unless they are NVA , Viet Cong or folks that support the latter.

This man did wrong by our military: shame on him.