It's frustrating how little of Cronkite is shown on this video and how much narration is given instead.
@gregrak938910 жыл бұрын
seeing Cronkite is interesting, however, the narration here is horrible!!
@kiplambert643 жыл бұрын
Not only was Walter Cronkite a great Anchorman,but he also did a lot of educational film narratives ..Remember when the teacher would bring out the film projector,and show those old black and whites?..
@muffs55mercury613 жыл бұрын
That's why I voted this one down. Can't stand some motormouth narrator. Shut the heck up.
@ricardoblikman26762 жыл бұрын
It's a baitclick video
@erict3032 Жыл бұрын
Yep
@jdexposure9 жыл бұрын
If he was alive today...Boy, would he be pissed!
@reneauvray34409 жыл бұрын
jdexposure I agree...especially idiots like Robin Meade, Robin Roberts, Nancy Grace...just to name a few!
@ingriddubbel84684 жыл бұрын
I think he was pissed on 9/11.
@mightymac639 жыл бұрын
"If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America"..Lyndon Johnson. Has there been any other journalist since Uncle Walter that scared the crap out of a sitting President?
@JoeCowenRichards7 жыл бұрын
Please be quiet and let history speak for itself. Commentary is appreciated but these historic moments speak volumes without constant voice over.
@aidanb.90432 жыл бұрын
its fuckin watchmojo, talking over shit is their whole thing whatd you expect
@BrandMath-ns5yc7 жыл бұрын
He would've been 100 yrs old
@BurgerChefTheRedBarn7 жыл бұрын
NBC Get Smart
@christophermetz91963 жыл бұрын
He’s not alive
@marcin56903 жыл бұрын
@@christophermetz9196 really?
@Stu-SB3 жыл бұрын
You guys had some really great news readers..WK, Peter Jennings, Connie Chung, Barbara Walter's.. all long standing at their jobs.. WKs Vietnam reports are where I first saw him... peace from the 🇬🇧 Edit: How could I forget Sam Donaldson !
@nickmcc1238 жыл бұрын
He will always be remembered for the jfk assassination announcement he looked as if he was about to start crying great newsman
@AdamG19837 жыл бұрын
nick mccormack Yep, took a lot of restraint to have to tell millions that the President was killed. Not many could have done as well.
@jackkenefick26964 жыл бұрын
he looked at the clock to buy himself composure time
@Flat4Power4Life4 жыл бұрын
I came here to see Walters top 10 moments, not have someone narrative every single one.
@MrDonnyAir7 жыл бұрын
"This is my last broadcast of the CBS Evening News..." News hasn't been the same since that night. R.I.P. "Uncle" Walter. You were a voice of truth and reason in a world full of lies and tumult. A voice we counted on... not necessarily to tell us that things were gonna be okay, but to simply tell us, "and that's the way it is..."
@leobertoalbano9 ай бұрын
"And That's The Way It Is" -Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr., (1916-2009).
@chefjefff10 жыл бұрын
The most dramatic moment in his career: the JFK Story. He removed his glasses and appeared choked up, composed himself before going on. He soldiered on. You won't see or hear any of that though as it seems Mojo has paid only minor lip service to the number one clip, curtly obscuring this classic bit of drama with some needless voice over.
@welcometothemovies91572 жыл бұрын
Even looked angry as well
@olivergrumitt80334 жыл бұрын
I don’t believe that anybody has ever told the news better than Walter Cronkite. He was the United States’ favorite news anchor and rightly so. In these days of saturation 24 hour news I don’t think anybody from any country can ever surpass him. His delivery on momentous events - The Vietnam War, the murder of John Kennedy, the Martin Luther King murder, the Moon landing, Watergate and so on - was perfect and could and can not be bettered.
@workingTchr7 жыл бұрын
After watching #8 in the countdown and realizing that 90% of this video is an announcer telling us what Cronkite said (rather than just playing extended clips from his broadcasts), I stopped watching.
@AdamG19837 жыл бұрын
Dennis Higgins Welcome to WatchMojo, the cancer of Top 10 Lists
@BigSingh6 жыл бұрын
I can get why they did this list the way they did. Not everybody knows who Walter Cronkite was and they used so much time to describe the event and let the clip play.
@DGR27010 жыл бұрын
When you see and hear his emotion on announcing JFK's death it makes it even more amazing that 1 woman thought it was 'Crocodile Tears'
@richardbain874610 жыл бұрын
Nobody can top Walter Cronkite he is a class act all the way! RIP Walter Cronkite
@conniedouglass44177 жыл бұрын
You will always be a well respected, deserving icon. Happy 100th birthday
@slickcross7 жыл бұрын
Classic. We don't have that many journalist like him today.
@ingriddubbel84684 жыл бұрын
ANY JOURNALIST!
@mayhemjr.8032 жыл бұрын
We don't have JOURNALISTS! ...zip zero NADA!!
@definitelyeric10 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks.
@yogagirlnh10 жыл бұрын
Way back in the time when news anchors were poised and professional
@AdamG19837 жыл бұрын
When the news actually was important and meant something.
@mikewhite4560 Жыл бұрын
It still is however citizens don't gather OBJECTIVE INFORMATION....
@bufnyfan12 жыл бұрын
Mr. Cronkite didn't retire in March 1981 he was literally pushed out by Dan Rather. In the book "Cronkite" by Douglas Brinkley, it was noted that Rather was putting pressure on CBS executives to take over the anchor desk or he was going to leave for another network. Hence Mr. Cronkite's "retirement". Mr. Cronkite said near the end of his life that he never held a grudge against anyone except Dan Rather
@Maltsky37738 жыл бұрын
One of a kind. Never to be seen again.
@fmj-j23273 жыл бұрын
#1 was the best when he takes his glasses 👓 off
@bloodandwinearered9 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see how technology has changed. You would never see a new anchor getting breaking news on a telephone. Technology has made huge advances. News broadcasting has done just the opposite.
@linglingjr9 жыл бұрын
Technology gets better, but people get worse.
@gohul199 жыл бұрын
He is a Real gentleman - Not shouting like todays anchors. Trying to make mess and panic.
@reneauvray34409 жыл бұрын
Gohul Dhanarasu The best anchorman ever!
@mindspring578 жыл бұрын
+Gohul Dhanarasu Walter Cronkite was a traitor, the male version of Hanoi Jane Fonda. After Tet, the North Vietnamese were effectively destroyed, as evidenced by the fact that it took them another seven years to overrun the South, and they were not able to do that until two years after the United States withdrew. It is a lucky thing that the defeatist Traitor Walter was not around during the Second World War, because if he had been, after the Battle of the Bulge, he would have come on the air, wringing his hands, and saying "Oh, my, Hitler is way too strong, and we need to retreat back to London."
@mindspring578 жыл бұрын
+Rene Auvray The most prominent traitor and defeatist in American journalism.
@reneauvray34408 жыл бұрын
+Gohul Dhanarasu That is why he is penned, "The most trusted man in America!"
@reneauvray34408 жыл бұрын
+mindspring57 Do you know anybody worse than W.C.? I can name a number of reporters if you tell me your version.
@elcucuy87057 жыл бұрын
Walter Cronkite was awesome. This nigga was OG. He was a seriously amazing journalist.
@mayhemjr.8032 жыл бұрын
ALL collegiate journalism students should be REQUIRED to watch Walter as well other greats of that era, and see you don't have to sell your soul to corporate devils to TELL THE TRUTH!
@Shadowcub698 жыл бұрын
Back when the news you got was news and not speculation, gossip or one sided. A sad day for us all when he finally retired, a sadder day for America when he passed. A honest reporter, so sad that you can't say that anymore.
@mindspring578 жыл бұрын
+Shadowcub69 Honest reporter? That's funny. He was a defeatist traitor.
@Shadowcub698 жыл бұрын
+mindspring57 Just what I would expect from a Repuglican. Nuff said.
@mrsixiesrock22748 жыл бұрын
+mindspring57 He was one of the greatest reporters ever, In the world
@xanatos89207 жыл бұрын
"BACK WHEN PEOPLE WEREN'T ONE-SIDED" says the tool who thinks 'Repuglican' is clever or even warranted.
@pspaghetti69167 жыл бұрын
Shadowcub69 and that's the way it is
@KevyneShandris9 жыл бұрын
People now just don't understand how one man defined how news was delivered, and how much respect the general public had for this one news anchor. Cronkite came across like a father figure we all wanted -- he was gruff but understanding. Towards the end of Vietnam is when I truly watched the news first with local news anchor Jim Davis, then Cronkite (ironic situation that an ABC station carried CBS news, but that is how it was back then [just like how NBC news even exists in our area now]), and I'll never forget the names of the dead that scrolled across the screen every night. It brought the gravity of a war far away home. News has never been the same since Cronkite and Morrow are gone. They were journalists first, who became anchors/reporters, but they never forgot how news became news (and it's not the Anderson Cooper stunts).
@linglingjr9 жыл бұрын
I don't understand how his tet offensive editorial wasn't number one. He had such a massive impact on the course of the war.
@paulsolon62293 ай бұрын
Great man
@Catsic8511 жыл бұрын
rip walter cronkite
@kiplambert643 жыл бұрын
Being an early sixties baby, Walter Cronkite was always a part of me and my family from the time I was born , until I graduated from high school..It was so odd when he retired from our lives..RIP, Mr Cronkite..
@TheRadical4211 жыл бұрын
Excellent job WatchMojo! Thanks for a great video.
@fifiladu26592 ай бұрын
Wish we had this integrity in news and reporters back again today. It’s sad to see the complete abdication of duty in this once noble profession. Growing up, there were no “sides”; there was only news.
@THOMASINTHE1980S Жыл бұрын
I like how Cronkite had no hard feelings towards the Washington Post for reporting the Watergate Scandal first. He managed to help make it wider.
@gmanette188 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@chadwin7 жыл бұрын
Hmm...cool! I didn't know much about it him except that it was the name of the journalism school at ASU.
@GeorgiaRattlesnake9 жыл бұрын
He's the biggest influence in my broadcasting life.
@theincredibleimpression2 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Palmyra about 20 minutes from TMI and I often went fishing at a spot we called "Kings" on the Susquehanna River which happened to be about 1/4 of a mile from TMI and never kept a single fish because of the radioactive activity still lingering in the Susquehanna
@nessipatinio17483 жыл бұрын
Great rundown! He was my favorite journalist, doing his reporting with calm, poise and unequalled reliability.
@SuzukiYNathie8 жыл бұрын
Today is Mr. Cronkite's 99th birthday.
@user-wo1ur5tz9d8 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday to him.
@reneauvray34408 жыл бұрын
+Aeventus They should have a 100th Anniversary for W.C. like they did for Frank Sinatra.
@pacotaco8407 жыл бұрын
Suzuki Nathie And today is his 100th.
@user-wo1ur5tz9d7 жыл бұрын
Rene Auvray They should
@sum1sw8 жыл бұрын
I would have liked to see "Vietnam, we have reached the end of the tunnel and there is not light there"
@lesbrown70098 жыл бұрын
I did.
@AdamG19837 жыл бұрын
sum1sw Thank Christ for those reports, it showed the ugly side of the war that the Americans turned against because of his reporting.
@sum1sw7 жыл бұрын
AdamG1983 And it is too late to see the ugly side of both of the wars against Iraq. The media was cheerleading
@karenj.taylor36447 жыл бұрын
Andy Duffer You are so right. I used to fly through O'Hare frequently on my trips to and from London. Lots of returning soldiers passed through there on their way home. As they had to be in uniform to fly military standbye they were easy targets for the protesters. I always thought it odd that these people preached peace and love unless you were a soldier or sailor. Most of those poor guys were draftees, they had no say in where they were sent or what they did. I tried to provide a smiling face and a friendly greeting, but I was one voice against a throng of 'peace-loving' hippies screaming hate and abuse at the poor guys.
@jestergodfield6904 жыл бұрын
Idky but I had this man's name stuck in my head while I was showering. I laughed a bit because I didn't think it was the name of a real person, it sounds like a cartoon characters name.
@BtheOutLIer Жыл бұрын
I’m quite polite like Walter Concrite! Slick Rick.
@MikeLawlorBarefoot8 жыл бұрын
I had the eminence honor of seeing Mr. Cronkite live with Joan Lunden as the interviewer. He told a story about Johnson saying, "If Walter Cronkite doesn't have faith in me, then I've lost my next term" (Or something to that effect)
@jsharp17017 жыл бұрын
“If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America.”
@AdamG19837 жыл бұрын
J Sharp It's been disputed he said it that way, but basically yeah. Summed it up perfectly.
@slimiefish81697 жыл бұрын
Cant trust news anchors these days smh
@david_g_barron9 жыл бұрын
I think another moment was his decision to show on 10th December 1963 to show a film from England of a young unknown band called The Beatles. It may have been important as the news stories shown there, but proved to be just as culturally significant.
@geofflow8117 Жыл бұрын
it's wild to think that all of this happened in his 20 year career
@lewissison65574 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr. Jones. I watched the whole video :D
@ingriddubbel84684 жыл бұрын
Damn....just damn.
@1805movie7 жыл бұрын
Happy Birthday Walter Cronkite!
@diegodelgado97643 жыл бұрын
The sad part is that if he was alive today hed have no business in the news industry
@garystanton43472 жыл бұрын
Cool fact the actor who played agent smith in the matrix modeled his voice for the films on walter Cronkite so they sounded familiar to people, proper spooky once I knew that ,have a listen its nearly identical:)
@AdamG19837 жыл бұрын
Finally, a Top 10 list that actually has historic value.
@joycejefferson12702 жыл бұрын
This new caster had you going to get a dictionary
@bbva82937 жыл бұрын
Happy birthday, Uncle Walter! We miss you terribly - no one has ever been able to fill your shoes (or your anchor chair).
@scarfacetopeka8865 жыл бұрын
This man has seen pretty much everything
@badgerstan988210 жыл бұрын
What a dude,
@briteness3 жыл бұрын
I am less enamored of Cronkite than I was as a kid, but nobody in TV news ever really replaced his role. The unashamed propaganda spew offered by the MSM today doesn't even pretend to be honest and trustworthy.
@aasimshahzad92093 жыл бұрын
He was a true American he loves his country and his leader I saw so many news reporter but this man touch my heart when he was crying to tell the news about kennedy assassination his voice was so good Rest in peace True American Walter Cronknite
@MTGrad14 жыл бұрын
The GOAT
@Wizzam1017 жыл бұрын
"welcome to watchmojo.com, and today'll be canting down" *dyslexia intensifies*
@GoneDownOnMe9 жыл бұрын
Of course #1 was JFK's assassination. I haven't even watched the whole video yet but that's the way it is. (He did amazing coverage for it.)
@Beatlefish5 жыл бұрын
legend
@nicholasschroeder36782 жыл бұрын
I see him and remember the nightly KIA and MIA figures, and that weird soundimg place--Phnom Penn
@fundude45669 жыл бұрын
Now I know where Olbermann got his Iraq war countdown thing.
@TheJPSouza7 жыл бұрын
Happy 100th birthday, Walter Cronkite :-)
@diddymuck7 жыл бұрын
1980...I was in Paris, walking down the Champs on a Sunday morning and who should be going the other direction...Walter Cronkite. I said "Good Morning, Mr Kronkite" and what did he say to me? This is 100 percent on the level. He said "Fuck you" and kept walking. Walter Cronkite was germ.
@kyuosaya6241 Жыл бұрын
top 10 videos your teacher forces you to watch
@sarahburggraf8615 жыл бұрын
I grew up on dan rather. I thought he was good. I didnt have the pleasure of listening to uncle walter but from what i understand he was the best.
@lynxminx47 жыл бұрын
I recognize the background music dammit. Can anyone identify it?
@sampielouw2 жыл бұрын
20th century fox, George Clooneys biggest fan letter writing level
@7775Kevin9 жыл бұрын
I meant yakking but yanking works too now that I think about it.
@booberry3492 жыл бұрын
When JFK was killed that was during that infamous episode of the World Turns
@emmarose42342 жыл бұрын
Starting to lose your faith in humanity? Know this: There’s a daylily named after Walter Cronkite. It was released in 2006, three years before his death, so Mr. Cronkite obviously knew about it. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. But I hope to find it soon!
@petezereeah5178 жыл бұрын
Without question, the most significant moment in the career on Cronkite was his announcement that the war in Viet Nam could not be won. He reported other events with excellence, but his assessment of Viet nam changed American perception.
@reneauvray34408 жыл бұрын
+Pete Zereeah I wish he could have read the Riot Act to George W. Bush about the wars he got us into.
@razor68882 жыл бұрын
The exact opposite of what news is to present.... his "assessment" of Vietnam went beyond what news reporting should do. I dont give a flying f**% about his opinion. Present facts.. only facts. Media putting opinion into your head has lead to the utter disgrace of mainstream media and.., perhaps civilization as a whole.
@janjantimalsina1465 Жыл бұрын
Voice ✨️
@mrman206210 жыл бұрын
This is what news anchors should be now a days not politcal puppets for the dems. and reps.
@TheRock200410 жыл бұрын
Amen Amen Amen
@GeorgiaRattlesnake9 жыл бұрын
That is what I do for my school's news show.
@donatist599 жыл бұрын
Except the Republicans hated Cronkite.
@mrman20629 жыл бұрын
R. Ben Madison did you even read my comment? I was talking about the news outlets on nationalized T.V. on todays television
@GeorgiaRattlesnake9 жыл бұрын
Colin Asip I just read it
@steelersfan723811 жыл бұрын
And that's the way it is!
@dicktater21227 жыл бұрын
wow isn't this something, all aboard
@nandokgg6 жыл бұрын
here after finding out this guy is part of the bohemian grove club
@mr.perfect28527 жыл бұрын
Tomorrow he turns 100
@FiggsNeughton3 жыл бұрын
So was this before Operation Mockingbird?
@JosephASmith-km6yfАй бұрын
Back when the media actually reported the news.
@DRIVEIN1016 жыл бұрын
Uncle Walter was the greatest
@nathanos423 жыл бұрын
9+ years later and its almost the same
@princealicat12 жыл бұрын
To think, we've gone from Walter Cronkite to Fox News :(
@nikolaszuraff12348 жыл бұрын
What about the Lufthansa Heist? He covered that.
@SiVlog19894 жыл бұрын
The world needs a modern day equivalent to Walter Cronkite, a return to the fairness doctrine, someone who reports on plain factors
@razor68882 жыл бұрын
LMAO.... the likes of him has led to the very disgrace of mainstream media. One of the most overrated broadcasters ever. In fact, a disgrace to presenting unbias, factual news. I watched his reports on Vietnam ... the moment he says" In the opinion of this reporter "... Media went into .... present what we want you to be and feel mode. He should have been fired for the very statement alone. The fact that he wasnt, should have sent a red flag that media can feed you what they want... facts take a back seat to dramatic flair.
@cobalt86198 жыл бұрын
and todil i'll be counting down...... Best line in the whole damn video (btw she said todil i did not misspell it)
@georgecolombo3 жыл бұрын
The ratio of narration to actual audio and video if Cronkite is approximately 180 degrees backwards. The video would have been much better if Cronkite's work was simply allowed to speak for itself.
@the_real_littlepinkhousefly5 жыл бұрын
It would have been nice to hear at least more than ten seconds of Cronkite in each report. Maybe let HIM tell the stories???
@fredkruger20103 жыл бұрын
Boy does this country need a walker cronkite!
@lisabradford81806 жыл бұрын
walter cronkite, the blueprint.
@phookadooable7 жыл бұрын
What I would give to have an anchorman or anchorwoman like that again.
@jc65947 жыл бұрын
Today Commemorates Walter Cronkite's 100th Birthday~
@GuitarMistress18 жыл бұрын
Thank you for not filling in the black parts with a blurry version of the same image. Thumbs up for that! That fad needs to stop. It's nauseating and ugly.
@gallyun17 жыл бұрын
Happy B-day
@weekapaugphil4 жыл бұрын
The News of Today are an atrocity compared to this man.