Not only was Walter Cronkite a great Anchorman,but he also did a lot of educational film narratives ..Remember when the teacher would bring out the film projector,and show those old black and whites?..
"If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America"..Lyndon Johnson. Has there been any other journalist since Uncle Walter that scared the crap out of a sitting President?
"This is my last broadcast of the CBS Evening News..." News hasn't been the same since that night. R.I.P. "Uncle" Walter. You were a voice of truth and reason in a world full of lies and tumult. A voice we counted on... not necessarily to tell us that things were gonna be okay, but to simply tell us, "and that's the way it is..."
You guys had some really great news readers..WK, Peter Jennings, Connie Chung, Barbara Walter's.. all long standing at their jobs.. WKs Vietnam reports are where I first saw him... peace from the 🇬🇧 Edit: How could I forget Sam Donaldson !
I don’t believe that anybody has ever told the news better than Walter Cronkite. He was the United States’ favorite news anchor and rightly so. In these days of saturation 24 hour news I don’t think anybody from any country can ever surpass him. His delivery on momentous events - The Vietnam War, the murder of John Kennedy, the Martin Luther King murder, the Moon landing, Watergate and so on - was perfect and could and can not be bettered.
The most dramatic moment in his career: the JFK Story. He removed his glasses and appeared choked up, composed himself before going on. He soldiered on. You won't see or hear any of that though as it seems Mojo has paid only minor lip service to the number one clip, curtly obscuring this classic bit of drama with some needless voice over.
Mr. Cronkite didn't retire in March 1981 he was literally pushed out by Dan Rather. In the book "Cronkite" by Douglas Brinkley, it was noted that Rather was putting pressure on CBS executives to take over the anchor desk or he was going to leave for another network. Hence Mr. Cronkite's "retirement". Mr. Cronkite said near the end of his life that he never held a grudge against anyone except Dan Rather
People now just don't understand how one man defined how news was delivered, and how much respect the general public had for this one news anchor. Cronkite came across like a father figure we all wanted -- he was gruff but understanding. Towards the end of Vietnam is when I truly watched the news first with local news anchor Jim Davis, then Cronkite (ironic situation that an ABC station carried CBS news, but that is how it was back then [just like how NBC news even exists in our area now]), and I'll never forget the names of the dead that scrolled across the screen every night. It brought the gravity of a war far away home. News has never been the same since Cronkite and Morrow are gone. They were journalists first, who became anchors/reporters, but they never forgot how news became news (and it's not the Anderson Cooper stunts).
Being an early sixties baby, Walter Cronkite was always a part of me and my family from the time I was born , until I graduated from high school..It was so odd when he retired from our lives..RIP, Mr Cronkite..
After watching #8 in the countdown and realizing that 90% of this video is an announcer telling us what Cronkite said (rather than just playing extended clips from his broadcasts), I stopped watching.
I can get why they did this list the way they did. Not everybody knows who Walter Cronkite was and they used so much time to describe the event and let the clip play.
ALL collegiate journalism students should be REQUIRED to watch Walter as well other greats of that era, and see you don't have to sell your soul to corporate devils to TELL THE TRUTH!
Back when the news you got was news and not speculation, gossip or one sided. A sad day for us all when he finally retired, a sadder day for America when he passed. A honest reporter, so sad that you can't say that anymore.
+Gohul Dhanarasu Walter Cronkite was a traitor, the male version of Hanoi Jane Fonda. After Tet, the North Vietnamese were effectively destroyed, as evidenced by the fact that it took them another seven years to overrun the South, and they were not able to do that until two years after the United States withdrew. It is a lucky thing that the defeatist Traitor Walter was not around during the Second World War, because if he had been, after the Battle of the Bulge, he would have come on the air, wringing his hands, and saying "Oh, my, Hitler is way too strong, and we need to retreat back to London."
Wish we had this integrity in news and reporters back again today. It’s sad to see the complete abdication of duty in this once noble profession. Growing up, there were no “sides”; there was only news.
Amazing to see how technology has changed. You would never see a new anchor getting breaking news on a telephone. Technology has made huge advances. News broadcasting has done just the opposite.
I grew up in Palmyra about 20 minutes from TMI and I often went fishing at a spot we called "Kings" on the Susquehanna River which happened to be about 1/4 of a mile from TMI and never kept a single fish because of the radioactive activity still lingering in the Susquehanna
I am less enamored of Cronkite than I was as a kid, but nobody in TV news ever really replaced his role. The unashamed propaganda spew offered by the MSM today doesn't even pretend to be honest and trustworthy.
Andy Duffer You are so right. I used to fly through O'Hare frequently on my trips to and from London. Lots of returning soldiers passed through there on their way home. As they had to be in uniform to fly military standbye they were easy targets for the protesters. I always thought it odd that these people preached peace and love unless you were a soldier or sailor. Most of those poor guys were draftees, they had no say in where they were sent or what they did. I tried to provide a smiling face and a friendly greeting, but I was one voice against a throng of 'peace-loving' hippies screaming hate and abuse at the poor guys.
Cool fact the actor who played agent smith in the matrix modeled his voice for the films on walter Cronkite so they sounded familiar to people, proper spooky once I knew that ,have a listen its nearly identical:)
Idky but I had this man's name stuck in my head while I was showering. I laughed a bit because I didn't think it was the name of a real person, it sounds like a cartoon characters name.
I think another moment was his decision to show on 10th December 1963 to show a film from England of a young unknown band called The Beatles. It may have been important as the news stories shown there, but proved to be just as culturally significant.
1980...I was in Paris, walking down the Champs on a Sunday morning and who should be going the other direction...Walter Cronkite. I said "Good Morning, Mr Kronkite" and what did he say to me? This is 100 percent on the level. He said "Fuck you" and kept walking. Walter Cronkite was germ.
Without question, the most significant moment in the career on Cronkite was his announcement that the war in Viet Nam could not be won. He reported other events with excellence, but his assessment of Viet nam changed American perception.
The exact opposite of what news is to present.... his "assessment" of Vietnam went beyond what news reporting should do. I dont give a flying f**% about his opinion. Present facts.. only facts. Media putting opinion into your head has lead to the utter disgrace of mainstream media and.., perhaps civilization as a whole.
Starting to lose your faith in humanity? Know this: There’s a daylily named after Walter Cronkite. It was released in 2006, three years before his death, so Mr. Cronkite obviously knew about it. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. But I hope to find it soon!
I had the eminence honor of seeing Mr. Cronkite live with Joan Lunden as the interviewer. He told a story about Johnson saying, "If Walter Cronkite doesn't have faith in me, then I've lost my next term" (Or something to that effect)
Thank you for not filling in the black parts with a blurry version of the same image. Thumbs up for that! That fad needs to stop. It's nauseating and ugly.
He was a true American he loves his country and his leader I saw so many news reporter but this man touch my heart when he was crying to tell the news about kennedy assassination his voice was so good Rest in peace True American Walter Cronknite
LMAO.... the likes of him has led to the very disgrace of mainstream media. One of the most overrated broadcasters ever. In fact, a disgrace to presenting unbias, factual news. I watched his reports on Vietnam ... the moment he says" In the opinion of this reporter "... Media went into .... present what we want you to be and feel mode. He should have been fired for the very statement alone. The fact that he wasnt, should have sent a red flag that media can feed you what they want... facts take a back seat to dramatic flair.
The ratio of narration to actual audio and video if Cronkite is approximately 180 degrees backwards. The video would have been much better if Cronkite's work was simply allowed to speak for itself.
Honestly, I pulled this up to watch Walter, not to listen to this woman blather. In most cases, he only gets one sentence out. In a couple of instances, not even that.
Years ago capitalism became capitulated (to cease resisting : acquiesce - to surrender under specified conditions) to corporate demands. The original form of Capitalism was pretty good so long as it flourished freely under Classical Liberalism for all people. One of the last true reporters was Walter Cronkite from CBS (7). When I was growing up, I usually watched ABC (5), NBC (4) or Channel 56 WLVI. Sometimes I would watch TV 38 to catch the Bruins. But mostly I would watch CBS (7) for the news. If you grew up around Massachusetts in the 70's you had a lot of choices for TV. Mornings were dominated by PBS (2).
Has anybody noticed the difference in the rate Walter Cronkite spoke and the rate today's news anchors speak ? Is it just "the aging me" or do today's TV broadcasters speak faster? Does the cost of TV minutes these days have anything to do with the rate today's broadcasters speak? My concern is how this affects the way our children (this younger generation of viewers) would tend to speak.... REALLY CURIOUS
Walter Cronkite trained himself to speak at the rate of 124 words per minute. Nowadays (2024) news anchors are speaking at the rate of 165 words per minute.
It's frustrating how little of Cronkite is shown on this video and how much narration is given instead.
seeing Cronkite is interesting, however, the narration here is horrible!!
Not only was Walter Cronkite a great Anchorman,but he also did a lot of educational film narratives ..Remember when the teacher would bring out the film projector,and show those old black and whites?..
That's why I voted this one down. Can't stand some motormouth narrator. Shut the heck up.
It's a baitclick video
Yep
If he was alive today...Boy, would he be pissed!
jdexposure I agree...especially idiots like Robin Meade, Robin Roberts, Nancy Grace...just to name a few!
I think he was pissed on 9/11.
"If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America"..Lyndon Johnson. Has there been any other journalist since Uncle Walter that scared the crap out of a sitting President?
Please be quiet and let history speak for itself. Commentary is appreciated but these historic moments speak volumes without constant voice over.
its fuckin watchmojo, talking over shit is their whole thing whatd you expect
"This is my last broadcast of the CBS Evening News..." News hasn't been the same since that night. R.I.P. "Uncle" Walter. You were a voice of truth and reason in a world full of lies and tumult. A voice we counted on... not necessarily to tell us that things were gonna be okay, but to simply tell us, "and that's the way it is..."
He would've been 100 yrs old
NBC Get Smart
He’s not alive
@@christophermetz9196 really?
You guys had some really great news readers..WK, Peter Jennings, Connie Chung, Barbara Walter's.. all long standing at their jobs.. WKs Vietnam reports are where I first saw him... peace from the 🇬🇧
Edit: How could I forget Sam Donaldson !
I don’t believe that anybody has ever told the news better than Walter Cronkite. He was the United States’ favorite news anchor and rightly so.
In these days of saturation 24 hour news I don’t think anybody from any country can ever surpass him. His delivery on momentous events -
The Vietnam War, the murder of John Kennedy, the Martin Luther King murder, the Moon landing, Watergate and so on - was perfect and could and can not be bettered.
He will always be remembered for the jfk assassination announcement he looked as if he was about to start crying great newsman
nick mccormack Yep, took a lot of restraint to have to tell millions that the President was killed. Not many could have done as well.
he looked at the clock to buy himself composure time
"And That's The Way It Is" -Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr., (1916-2009).
You will always be a well respected, deserving icon. Happy 100th birthday
Classic. We don't have that many journalist like him today.
ANY JOURNALIST!
We don't have JOURNALISTS! ...zip zero NADA!!
Great video, thanks.
The most dramatic moment in his career: the JFK Story. He removed his glasses and appeared choked up, composed himself before going on. He soldiered on. You won't see or hear any of that though as it seems Mojo has paid only minor lip service to the number one clip, curtly obscuring this classic bit of drama with some needless voice over.
Even looked angry as well
I came here to see Walters top 10 moments, not have someone narrative every single one.
Nobody can top Walter Cronkite he is a class act all the way! RIP Walter Cronkite
One of a kind. Never to be seen again.
Mr. Cronkite didn't retire in March 1981 he was literally pushed out by Dan Rather. In the book "Cronkite" by Douglas Brinkley, it was noted that Rather was putting pressure on CBS executives to take over the anchor desk or he was going to leave for another network. Hence Mr. Cronkite's "retirement". Mr. Cronkite said near the end of his life that he never held a grudge against anyone except Dan Rather
Great rundown! He was my favorite journalist, doing his reporting with calm, poise and unequalled reliability.
Walter Cronkite was awesome. This nigga was OG. He was a seriously amazing journalist.
People now just don't understand how one man defined how news was delivered, and how much respect the general public had for this one news anchor. Cronkite came across like a father figure we all wanted -- he was gruff but understanding.
Towards the end of Vietnam is when I truly watched the news first with local news anchor Jim Davis, then Cronkite (ironic situation that an ABC station carried CBS news, but that is how it was back then [just like how NBC news even exists in our area now]), and I'll never forget the names of the dead that scrolled across the screen every night. It brought the gravity of a war far away home.
News has never been the same since Cronkite and Morrow are gone. They were journalists first, who became anchors/reporters, but they never forgot how news became news (and it's not the Anderson Cooper stunts).
When you see and hear his emotion on announcing JFK's death it makes it even more amazing that 1 woman thought it was 'Crocodile Tears'
Being an early sixties baby, Walter Cronkite was always a part of me and my family from the time I was born , until I graduated from high school..It was so odd when he retired from our lives..RIP, Mr Cronkite..
Great man
After watching #8 in the countdown and realizing that 90% of this video is an announcer telling us what Cronkite said (rather than just playing extended clips from his broadcasts), I stopped watching.
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I can get why they did this list the way they did. Not everybody knows who Walter Cronkite was and they used so much time to describe the event and let the clip play.
Excellent job WatchMojo! Thanks for a great video.
Way back in the time when news anchors were poised and professional
ALL collegiate journalism students should be REQUIRED to watch Walter as well other greats of that era, and see you don't have to sell your soul to corporate devils to TELL THE TRUTH!
Back when the news you got was news and not speculation, gossip or one sided. A sad day for us all when he finally retired, a sadder day for America when he passed. A honest reporter, so sad that you can't say that anymore.
+Shadowcub69 Honest reporter? That's funny. He was a defeatist traitor.
+mindspring57 Just what I would expect from a Repuglican. Nuff said.
+mindspring57 He was one of the greatest reporters ever, In the world
"BACK WHEN PEOPLE WEREN'T ONE-SIDED" says the tool who thinks 'Repuglican' is clever or even warranted.
Shadowcub69 and that's the way it is
He is a Real gentleman - Not shouting like todays anchors. Trying to make mess and panic.
Gohul Dhanarasu The best anchorman ever!
+Gohul Dhanarasu Walter Cronkite was a traitor, the male version of Hanoi Jane Fonda. After Tet, the North Vietnamese were effectively destroyed, as evidenced by the fact that it took them another seven years to overrun the South, and they were not able to do that until two years after the United States withdrew. It is a lucky thing that the defeatist Traitor Walter was not around during the Second World War, because if he had been, after the Battle of the Bulge, he would have come on the air, wringing his hands, and saying "Oh, my, Hitler is way too strong, and we need to retreat back to London."
+Rene Auvray The most prominent traitor and defeatist in American journalism.
+Gohul Dhanarasu That is why he is penned, "The most trusted man in America!"
+mindspring57 Do you know anybody worse than W.C.? I can name a number of reporters if you tell me your version.
rip walter cronkite
Wish we had this integrity in news and reporters back again today. It’s sad to see the complete abdication of duty in this once noble profession. Growing up, there were no “sides”; there was only news.
Thank you
When the news actually was important and meant something.
It still is however citizens don't gather OBJECTIVE INFORMATION....
Hmm...cool! I didn't know much about it him except that it was the name of the journalism school at ASU.
Amazing to see how technology has changed. You would never see a new anchor getting breaking news on a telephone. Technology has made huge advances. News broadcasting has done just the opposite.
Technology gets better, but people get worse.
#1 was the best when he takes his glasses 👓 off
I like how Cronkite had no hard feelings towards the Washington Post for reporting the Watergate Scandal first. He managed to help make it wider.
Damn....just damn.
He's the biggest influence in my broadcasting life.
I don't understand how his tet offensive editorial wasn't number one. He had such a massive impact on the course of the war.
I grew up in Palmyra about 20 minutes from TMI and I often went fishing at a spot we called "Kings" on the Susquehanna River which happened to be about 1/4 of a mile from TMI and never kept a single fish because of the radioactive activity still lingering in the Susquehanna
The GOAT
Hello Mr. Jones. I watched the whole video :D
Finally, a Top 10 list that actually has historic value.
Today is Mr. Cronkite's 99th birthday.
Happy birthday to him.
+Aeventus They should have a 100th Anniversary for W.C. like they did for Frank Sinatra.
Suzuki Nathie And today is his 100th.
Rene Auvray They should
I am less enamored of Cronkite than I was as a kid, but nobody in TV news ever really replaced his role. The unashamed propaganda spew offered by the MSM today doesn't even pretend to be honest and trustworthy.
legend
I would have liked to see "Vietnam, we have reached the end of the tunnel and there is not light there"
I did.
sum1sw Thank Christ for those reports, it showed the ugly side of the war that the Americans turned against because of his reporting.
AdamG1983 And it is too late to see the ugly side of both of the wars against Iraq. The media was cheerleading
Andy Duffer You are so right. I used to fly through O'Hare frequently on my trips to and from London. Lots of returning soldiers passed through there on their way home. As they had to be in uniform to fly military standbye they were easy targets for the protesters. I always thought it odd that these people preached peace and love unless you were a soldier or sailor. Most of those poor guys were draftees, they had no say in where they were sent or what they did. I tried to provide a smiling face and a friendly greeting, but I was one voice against a throng of 'peace-loving' hippies screaming hate and abuse at the poor guys.
The sad part is that if he was alive today hed have no business in the news industry
Cant trust news anchors these days smh
I’m quite polite like Walter Concrite! Slick Rick.
I grew up on dan rather. I thought he was good. I didnt have the pleasure of listening to uncle walter but from what i understand he was the best.
Happy birthday, Uncle Walter! We miss you terribly - no one has ever been able to fill your shoes (or your anchor chair).
Cool fact the actor who played agent smith in the matrix modeled his voice for the films on walter Cronkite so they sounded familiar to people, proper spooky once I knew that ,have a listen its nearly identical:)
This is what news anchors should be now a days not politcal puppets for the dems. and reps.
Amen Amen Amen
That is what I do for my school's news show.
Except the Republicans hated Cronkite.
R. Ben Madison did you even read my comment? I was talking about the news outlets on nationalized T.V. on todays television
Colin Asip I just read it
Idky but I had this man's name stuck in my head while I was showering. I laughed a bit because I didn't think it was the name of a real person, it sounds like a cartoon characters name.
What a dude,
I think another moment was his decision to show on 10th December 1963 to show a film from England of a young unknown band called The Beatles. It may have been important as the news stories shown there, but proved to be just as culturally significant.
Happy Birthday Walter Cronkite!
This new caster had you going to get a dictionary
Of course #1 was JFK's assassination.
I haven't even watched the whole video yet but that's the way it is. (He did amazing coverage for it.)
Happy 100th birthday, Walter Cronkite :-)
1980...I was in Paris, walking down the Champs on a Sunday morning and who should be going the other direction...Walter Cronkite. I said "Good Morning, Mr Kronkite" and what did he say to me? This is 100 percent on the level. He said "Fuck you" and kept walking. Walter Cronkite was germ.
Voice ✨️
Without question, the most significant moment in the career on Cronkite was his announcement that the war in Viet Nam could not be won. He reported other events with excellence, but his assessment of Viet nam changed American perception.
+Pete Zereeah I wish he could have read the Riot Act to George W. Bush about the wars he got us into.
The exact opposite of what news is to present.... his "assessment" of Vietnam went beyond what news reporting should do. I dont give a flying f**% about his opinion. Present facts.. only facts. Media putting opinion into your head has lead to the utter disgrace of mainstream media and.., perhaps civilization as a whole.
Back when the media actually reported the news.
This man has seen pretty much everything
Starting to lose your faith in humanity?
Know this:
There’s a daylily named after Walter Cronkite. It was released in 2006, three years before his death, so Mr. Cronkite obviously knew about it. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. But I hope to find it soon!
I had the eminence honor of seeing Mr. Cronkite live with Joan Lunden as the interviewer. He told a story about Johnson saying, "If Walter Cronkite doesn't have faith in me, then I've lost my next term" (Or something to that effect)
“If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America.”
J Sharp It's been disputed he said it that way, but basically yeah. Summed it up perfectly.
top 10 videos your teacher forces you to watch
I see him and remember the nightly KIA and MIA figures, and that weird soundimg place--Phnom Penn
Thank you for not filling in the black parts with a blurry version of the same image. Thumbs up for that! That fad needs to stop. It's nauseating and ugly.
He was a true American he loves his country and his leader I saw so many news reporter but this man touch my heart when he was crying to tell the news about kennedy assassination his voice was so good Rest in peace True American Walter Cronknite
it's wild to think that all of this happened in his 20 year career
The world needs a modern day equivalent to Walter Cronkite, a return to the fairness doctrine, someone who reports on plain factors
LMAO.... the likes of him has led to the very disgrace of mainstream media. One of the most overrated broadcasters ever. In fact, a disgrace to presenting unbias, factual news. I watched his reports on Vietnam ... the moment he says" In the opinion of this reporter "... Media went into .... present what we want you to be and feel mode. He should have been fired for the very statement alone. The fact that he wasnt, should have sent a red flag that media can feed you what they want... facts take a back seat to dramatic flair.
To think, we've gone from Walter Cronkite to Fox News :(
"welcome to watchmojo.com, and today'll be canting down"
*dyslexia intensifies*
The ratio of narration to actual audio and video if Cronkite is approximately 180 degrees backwards. The video would have been much better if Cronkite's work was simply allowed to speak for itself.
Honestly, I pulled this up to watch Walter, not to listen to this woman blather. In most cases, he only gets one sentence out. In a couple of instances, not even that.
Years ago capitalism became capitulated (to cease resisting : acquiesce - to surrender under specified conditions) to corporate demands. The original form of Capitalism was pretty good so long as it flourished freely under Classical Liberalism for all people. One of the last true reporters was Walter Cronkite from CBS (7).
When I was growing up, I usually watched ABC (5), NBC (4) or Channel 56 WLVI. Sometimes I would watch TV 38 to catch the Bruins. But mostly I would watch CBS (7) for the news. If you grew up around Massachusetts in the 70's you had a lot of choices for TV. Mornings were dominated by PBS (2).
I meant yakking but yanking works too now that I think about it.
wow isn't this something, all aboard
Oh my god the woman talking for WatchMojo is so annoying Idk how they still let her do it
Whatever gets 12 million views i guess... ... not defending her crappy narration, its the idiot voice that most people can relate to
+A Tree well they're gonna her views no matter what they don't need her
And that's the way it is!
20th century fox, George Clooneys biggest fan letter writing level
Today Commemorates Walter Cronkite's 100th Birthday~
Uncle Walter was the greatest
Now I know where Olbermann got his Iraq war countdown thing.
What about the Lufthansa Heist? He covered that.
When JFK was killed that was during that infamous episode of the World Turns
Happy B-day
and todil i'll be counting down...... Best line in the whole damn video (btw she said todil i did not misspell it)
It would have been nice to hear at least more than ten seconds of Cronkite in each report. Maybe let HIM tell the stories???
So was this before Operation Mockingbird?
Walter was the LAST to announce Kennedys death, but wanted it confirmed first, WHAT A LOST CONCEPT IN AN AGE OF GET IT FIRST, EVEN IF ITS WRONG.
Tomorrow he turns 100
The News of Today are an atrocity compared to this man.
What I would give to have an anchorman or anchorwoman like that again.
9+ years later and its almost the same
Has anybody noticed the difference in the rate Walter Cronkite spoke and the rate today's news anchors speak ? Is it just "the aging me" or do today's TV broadcasters speak faster? Does the cost of TV minutes these days have anything to do with the rate today's broadcasters speak? My concern is how this affects the way our children (this younger generation of viewers) would tend to speak.... REALLY CURIOUS
Walter Cronkite trained himself to speak at the rate of 124 words per minute. Nowadays (2024) news anchors are speaking at the rate of 165 words per minute.