Walter Cronkite

In Walt, we trusted: Cronkite, the friendly uncle of all America, could close his nightly CBS Evening News broadcast by declaring, “And that’s the way it is.” Photo credit Library of Congress.

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Walter Cronkite

In Walt, we trusted: Cronkite, the friendly uncle of all America, could close his nightly CBS Evening News broadcast by declaring, “And that’s the way it is.” Photo credit Library of Congress.

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