Walter Cronkite Dies at age 92

[beaux]

If ANYONE deserves a week or two of total news domination it is Walter Cronkite NOT Micheal Jackson.

Regardless of how you felt about Cronkite, personally, he was one of the last TRUE NEWSMEN.

R.I.P. Mr. Cronkite.

[LouC]

R.I.P. Walter

[gwhughes]

God bless Mr Cronkite.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

If ANYONE deserves a week or two of total news domination it is Walter Cronkite NOT Micheal Jackson.
Absolutely.

My prayers to his family.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Reporting on JFK's assassination:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8Q3cqGs7I

He barely held it together at the end :(

[John2598]

The headline is what got me: "Iconic Newsman Dies At 92". Notice that the word "dies" is a verb. That must be the strangest verb of all. At the instant you die, you're doing something but it only lasts for an instant. It's a brief final act. And even in death the media gets to use some spin. The headline could have stated: "Iconic Newsman Dead At 92". But then there's no action in that statement. To use the word "dead" it would be as if there's nothing going on in his life and all of a sudden, oops!, he's dead. But when you use the word "dies" (a verb), it suggests an active lifestyle. He was busy doing something right up to the very end. He was dying. Dying was the last thing on his busy schedule.

They even put spin on the cause of death: His family said he died of "cerebral vascular disease". If I'm not mistaken, I think that must be the politically correct way of saying that he suffered from dementia. The word dementia conjures up all kinds of awful images, whereas "cerebral vascular disease" is neat and clean. But no matter what you call it it's not good; it's a devastating diseae.

I was a big fan of Walter Cronkite for several decades until I learned that he played a role in helping the communists win the war in Vietnam. He undermined the war effort with certain comments he made on TV. And because he was a well respected news anchor he turned the tide of public opinion. He declared the war to be unwinable. (It's much the same as what the liberals did all during the Bush years, trying to undermine the war in Iraq by declaring it a waste of lives and money.)

So because Cronkite gave aid and comfort to the enemy, I think it's only fitting that he should be remembered that way.

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

They even put spin on the cause of death: His family said he died of "cerebral vascular disease". If I'm not mistaken, I think that must be the politically correct way of saying that he suffered from dementia. No.

Stroke, TIA and the like. Of course, confusion or dementia can result from those, but you're wrong that it's a "politically correct way of saying dementia."

[John2598]

No.

Stroke, TIA and the like. Of course, confusion or dementia can result from those, but you're wrong that it's a "politically correct way of saying dementia."

A stroke is a stroke and if he died of a stroke they should have said so. TIA is not a direct cause of death. As far as "cerebral vascular disease", I didn't say it was incorrect. I just said it was "neat and clean". It doesn't inform the public that he suffered from dementia.

[mysticbeauty_nbeast]

He was 92 years old...damn good bite of life it you ask me. Does it matter what he died of??..I mean really? :snooty:

And btw John, Emma is correct ....well done Em.

I remember Bab's and Walter sharing a news room desk...it must have been late 60's or early 70's....and Old Walter trying to shred her to bits on t.v.. I'll never forget that footage....reminds me just how far we have come.

RIP Walt...you did your job buddy...we'll take it from here.

~Mysty

[AutoRacer55]

He was 92 years old...damn good bite of life it you ask me. Does it matter what he died of??..I mean really? :snooty:

And btw John, Emma is correct ....well done Em.

I remember Bab's and Walter sharing a news room desk...it must have been late 60's or early 70's....and Old Walter trying to shred her to bits on t.v.. I'll never forget that footage....reminds me just how far we have come.

RIP Walt...you did your job buddy...we'll take it from here.

~Mysty

Well, you don't want to go out like a chump. I'd rather say that I died wrecking a harley at bike week than from falling off a roof.

[John2598]

He was 92 years old...damn good bite of life it you ask me. Does it matter what he died of??..I mean really? :snooty:

And btw John, Emma is correct ....well done Em.

I remember Bab's and Walter sharing a news room desk...it must have been late 60's or early 70's....and Old Walter trying to shred her to bits on t.v.. I'll never forget that footage....reminds me just how far we have come.

RIP Walt...you did your job buddy...we'll take it from here.

~Mysty

Yes, I think it must matter what a public figure dies from. Consider Ronald Reagan: Reagan died of Alzheimer's and there wasn't any way to make it sound neat and clean. What he suffered from was out in the open for all to know about, as it should be. Though some who didn't share his politics said, "no wonder he wasn't a good president!"

Putting politics aside, I think the public deserves to know and that's why I brought it up. They could have at least stated that he suffered from Cerebral Vascular Dementia, or just Vascular Dementia.

[notluzn]

RIP walter