quote:At one time, his audience was so large, and his image so credible, that a 1972 poll determined he was "the most trusted man in America" - surpassing even the president, vice president, members of Congress and all other journalists
Can't say his competition was very stiff.
Though I never became a journalist myself, he definitely made me want to be one. We were lucky to get one man like him.
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@cbsandrewcohen posted on Twitter: "Funny and somewhat sad to watch cable channels, who break all of the rules by which Cronkite lived, now praising him..."
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Plenty of Americans can say that they trusted Cronkite more than the politicians they themselves voted for. He will be remembered as honest and forth right, we can only hope to have the same said of us.
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