Posted on 07/22/2009 7:41:53 AM PDT by AIM Freeper
I have not found one person in the major media-and that includes on the "conservative" Fox News Channel-who has dared to tell the ugly truth about Walter Cronkite's disastrous record in favor of defeat in Vietnam, unilateral disarmament in the face of the Soviet threat, and one-world government. His press has been as good as that of Barack Obama.
However, many people are aware of Cronkite's real record, primarily because of the work of AIM founder and long-time AIM Report editor Reed Irvine. Here are just a few of the messages I received in response to my column, "The Terrible Truth About Walter Cronkite," which was picked up by many different outlets. It examined how Irvine had exposed Cronkite's atrocious record on the Vietnam War and national defense issues, as well as his disingenuous explanations concerning a Soviet magazine interview in which Cronkite pooh-poohed the Soviet threat:
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Accuracy in Media who?
He was also among the journalists who stood with the opposition minority within the 1968 DNC convention (there was a riot inside and outside in Chicago).
Why the surprise. Any “celebrity” who dies is annointed with immediate sainthood, regardless of past conduct. ala Michael Jackson...
Hard to say which of these two nimrods was worse...
Michael Jackson declare HIMSELF to be King of Pop.
SeeBS told us that Walter Cronkite was the Most Trusted Man In America.
Hype.
Big Media wanted to preserve the myth in both cases.
Cronkite's got a supporting role in a genocide on his resume. I think he wins that one.
LOL
I would not paint all of Faux News with that broad a brush.Bill O'reilly demonstrates daily how slow and vapid he is.
However I would put BOR in the category with Jerry Rivers(whorealdo)
Faux News wins by default compared to the government controlled media.
Over the Top fantastic. I love it.
Thanks
It’s been around since 2004 but it’s as timely as ever.
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