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Trusting Walter Cronkite

We know no one else will ever be able to say "And that's the way it is." Can anyone emulate his truth-telling?
Joan Walsh

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  • Friday, July 17, 2009 10:44 PM

    There Can Be No More Cronkites

    The world is too different, too diffuse for there to be another Walter Cronkite. We can only hope that those who make journalism their profession will strive to reach the heights of professionalism and integrity that he achieved during his long and extraordinary career.

    He will be missed.

    —gar Read gar's other letters

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