I had as much time to prepare for that moon landing as NASA did, and I still was speechless when it happened. It just was so awe-inspiring to actually be able to see the thing through the television that was a miracle in itself.
From Walter Cronkite
I guess taking a stand is valid for a commentator. But that's not what I am.
With all this dolling up and featuring of the news, it's getter harder and harder just to get the facts of the story.
The democratic system is challenged by the failure in television because our evening news programmes have gone for an attempt to entertain as much as to inform in the desperate fight for ratings.
America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.
Anchormen shouldn't cry.
Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
We have overcome some terrible blows to our democracy, to the future of our democracy, to the future of our nation. We survived the Civil War and the strife that tore this nation apart.
I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.
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