Cronkite

[ kron-kahyt, krong‑ ]

noun

1. Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.

Example Sentences

While the ghost of Walter Cronkite was probably wretched in anticipation of the event, which studio heads boasted would feature no fact-checking from the moderators, early in the debate the journalists abandoned that vow after Vance refused to drop the obvious and dangerous lie about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio he’s propagated for weeks.

From Salon

I immediately asked my then assistant to place the calls, and the first of the network persons to answer directly was Walter Cronkite.

From Slate

Levin: Is it true that you also called Walter Cronkite to tell him personally that LBJ had died?

From Slate

Spanish-language TV viewers has been compared to that of Walter Cronkite to English speakers during his long tenure at CBS.

From Los Angeles Times

The network newscasts are no longer the agenda-setting platforms they were in the era of Walter Cronkite.

From Los Angeles Times