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wryter2000

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27. I grew up with Walter Cronkite

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 06:13 PM

Dec 16

He told me President Kennedy was dead. I don’t know if CBS has fallen as low as ABC, but no network news is as good as it was.

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I grew up watching ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. [View all] Tommy Carcetti Dec 16 OP

Yeah. I always liked Jennings' story--a really elegant man, but rose despite not having the hlthe2b Dec 16 #1

Money corrupts. As malaise would say: that is all. erronis Dec 16 #11

You're young. Sneederbunk Dec 16 #2

Gee, thanks for reminding me how old I really am. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 16 #3

How about the Huntley Brinkley Report? Or was that NBC? A HERETIC I AM Dec 16 #16

Salesmen for decency Bigerhalf Dec 16 #28

Such an amazing message hurl Dec 16 #30

I remember John Chancellor on NBC Seeking Serenity Dec 16 #31

Yes, he's badly missed. And ABC/Disney can go to hell. Dave Bowman Dec 16 #4

Peter Jennings was a prince of a man, he once interviewed on TV a good friend of mine about gun control. Probably Walleye Dec 16 #5

Like Edward R. Murrow, a victim of his own vices. Sneederbunk Dec 16 #6

He once did a national prime time TV report on smoking underpants Dec 16 #8

Jennings had quit for a number of years, but the stress of reporting on 9/11 got him started again. A HERETIC I AM Dec 16 #19

My Middle East university professor Sequoia Dec 16 #20

you took the words right out of my mouth.......... Takket Dec 16 #7

"Hi..ABC..I'm a powerful Republican and I think " ...."Ah YES SIR..We'll get right on it!" chouchou Dec 16 #9

The integrity of those days are long gone. republianmushroom Dec 16 #10

I grew up watching Walter Cronkite on CBS. I still remember the look on his face when he tallied about Ping Tung Dec 16 #12

I doubt he'd be too troubled by it... 2naSalit Dec 16 #13

90s kid here. My late mother would watch Jennings almost every night before dinner. SouthBayDem Dec 16 #14

George Stephanopolus Dwild Dec 16 #15

Mainstream media is Quanto Magnus Dec 16 #17

Me too. I watched him on 9/11. milestogo Dec 16 #18

Main stream media is corporate media. And that makes them untrustworthy. BadgerMom Dec 16 #21

Now part of Disney IbogaProject Dec 16 #22

Peter Jennings, Max Robinson, and Frank Reynolds (the latter my mother called "turkey neck" ) BumRushDaShow Dec 16 #23

My dad died in 1967 one day before Grammy23 Dec 16 #24

The way I see it. The decline in network news began in the aftermath of Uncle Joe Dec 16 #25

Frank Reynolds and Peter Jennings Gingermolly Dec 16 #26

I grew up with Walter Cronkite wryter2000 Dec 16 #27

I had a 9' satellite dish when I was a kid. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 16 #29

And Ted Koppel for Nightline. Also (died too young) Frank Reynolds. electric_blue68 Dec 16 #32