Comments on: About Walter Cronkite

By: D. Newman

D. Newman — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:58:38 +0000

Please play the American Masters Walter Cronkite program again. I only saw part of it, since I didn’t know it would be on. Many thanks

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:55:05 +0000

Will this be made available to watch on the PBS website?

There are many sad excuses for PBS stations that refuse to air anything intellectual or thought-provoking, leaving many viewers with no access to real PBS programming other than the website.

By: Sean Edenburn

Sean Edenburn — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:19:27 +0000

Tonight, there is a tear on the CBS Eye.

Respectfully,
Sean

By: Patrick J. Welin

Patrick J. Welin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:14:13 +0000

There was so much more…Racial Riots, Chappaquiddick, the assasination of Robert F. Kennedy, Charles Manson, Watergate, and Kent State etc… Either way, not only was family life difficult between 1968 and 1973 with two brothers lost to suicide and the Vietnam War, and a family ripped to shreds by alcoholism, abuse and neglect (between 1st and 5th grade for me), but the news, wars, riots, murders, and government corruption echoed in the backgroung in our living room wherever we lived. We didn’t have cable TV with 100 channels to divert our attention away from what appeared to be a crazy, depressing, oppresive, and corrrupt world. We didn’t have computers, i-pods, and video games to block the broadcasts on our screens—And even though the world was difficult for the six to twelve year olds to understand or comprehend these issues, the tone reflected what was happening in our personal lives. We still saw the death, destruction, corruption, hatred, and oppression whether it was happening on television, or in full live view of our kitchens and living rooms between our parents and siblings. That was my childhood—without explanation, comfort, attention or understanding from any positive guiding adult influence… This is the reality of the human condition… and Walter Cronkite framed the human condition in its context on a global scale. He was another voice without the option to reach for comfort and explanation which fueled my adult stumble and quest to understand myself, humanity, and the world in and on a personal and global level… Thank You Walter for echoing the difficult truths about humanity!

By: Michael Gillum

Michael Gillum — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:38:04 +0000

I’ve missed Uncle Walter for years.
It’s interesting that both Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather were kicked out by CBS because of the Reagan-Bush dynasty.
Mr. Cronkite’s home away from home was indeed United Press, but his spiritural home as you can find him saying in many places was the Episcopal Church.
His service will be at St. Bartholomew’s Church on Thursday. http://www.stbarts.org