“In 1995, a marketing firm determined that Walter Cronkite was still America's most trusted TV personality. Cronkite's response to the polls was typical of his modesty and sense of humor: ‘They must not have polled my wife’” (Newsmakers). When someone has witnessed a vast amount of history that is an amazing success, however, when someone has reported over fifty years of history, that is a terrific triumph. Walter Cronkite did just that. He worked through several influential decades of news coverage as well as setting the bar for all news anchors after him. His career covered events starting with World War II and all the way up to the 1998 launch of astronaut, John Glenn. Through those many years he earned himself the nickname the most trusted
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When he was asked to do live coverage from Vietnam he went in the middle of the Tet offensive. It was considered one of the most dangerous news coverage to this day. When Cronkite returned to America he knew he could not hide his true feelings about the war anymore. He then began to talk negatively about the war. President Johnson responded with "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America." This showed the tremendous impact Cronkite had over America. His opinion was highly valued and people looked towards him for honest news …show more content…
Brian was suspended, unpaid for six months from his job as a news anchor for NBC Nightly News. The reason for his suspension was Williams lied about being aboard a shot down helicopter during the Iraq war in 2003. When put under further inspections it was found that he lied about ten other new stories in his career. Williams has said, "This was clearly ego driven, the desire to better my role in a story I was already in” (Kludt). When Williams’s suspension was over he was offered an anchor job for MSNBC.
Out of all the current events in the world, I believe that the Brian Williams scandal would have greatly interested Cronkite because he valued honesty in journalism. Also as a man that had covered many wars and was in middle of one of the worst attacks in Vietnam would especially not apperticate Williams lying about an event that Cronkite himself has personally witnessed. This would strike a nerve with “the most trusted man in America” and would further the hatred he had near the end of his life for new journalists. He thought they were ruining the dignified profession of news
When he was asked to do live coverage from Vietnam he went in the middle of the Tet offensive. It was considered one of the most dangerous news coverage to this day. When Cronkite returned to America he knew he could not hide his true feelings about the war anymore. He then began to talk negatively about the war. President Johnson responded with "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America." This showed the tremendous impact Cronkite had over America. His opinion was highly valued and people looked towards him for honest news …show more content…
Brian was suspended, unpaid for six months from his job as a news anchor for NBC Nightly News. The reason for his suspension was Williams lied about being aboard a shot down helicopter during the Iraq war in 2003. When put under further inspections it was found that he lied about ten other new stories in his career. Williams has said, "This was clearly ego driven, the desire to better my role in a story I was already in” (Kludt). When Williams’s suspension was over he was offered an anchor job for MSNBC.
Out of all the current events in the world, I believe that the Brian Williams scandal would have greatly interested Cronkite because he valued honesty in journalism. Also as a man that had covered many wars and was in middle of one of the worst attacks in Vietnam would especially not apperticate Williams lying about an event that Cronkite himself has personally witnessed. This would strike a nerve with “the most trusted man in America” and would further the hatred he had near the end of his life for new journalists. He thought they were ruining the dignified profession of news