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The Cronkite Tragedy: How a great newsman helped undermine his profession’s ethos.
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| JULY 20, 2009, 3:05 P.M. ET
| By JAMES TARANTO
Posted on 07/20/2009 12:36:14 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Uncle Wally was no friend of this country.
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07/20/2009 3:17:55 PM PDT
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StarCMC
(Sometimes you need a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan.)
To: Hardastarboard
The idea that he only had a single incident of departure from the ideal of an objective news man is delusional at best.Exactly. He had one, out there, blatant anti-American moment. But that in no way indicates that it wasn't the driving force behind the rest of his work.
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07/20/2009 3:19:33 PM PDT
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StarCMC
(Sometimes you need a Jimmy Carter to get a Ronald Reagan.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Walter Crankcase was full of oily sludge.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Puke.
Walter Crankcase was a liar, whose constant mendacity about Viet Nam almost certainly got a whole lot of better men than he was killed.
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07/20/2009 5:53:31 PM PDT
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ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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