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“[Cronkite was] the most trusted man in America. But here’s the thing, that title wasn’t bestowed on him by a network.
We weren’t told to believe it by some advertising campaign. It was earned.

It was earned by year after year and decade after decade of painstaking effort; a commitment to fundamental values; his belief that the American people were hungry for the truth, unvarnished and unaccompanied by theater or spectacle.

[Cronkite’s standard was] a little bit harder to find today [with] instant commentary and celebrity gossip and the softer stories that Walter disdained…
’What happened today?’ is replaced with ‘Who won today?’

The public debate cheapens.”

 

Barack Obama (via mattpayton)

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