It's frustrating how little of Cronkite is shown on this video and how much narration is given instead.

If he was alive today...Boy, would he be pissed!

"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?

Please be quiet and let history speak for itself. Commentary is appreciated but these historic moments speak volumes without constant voice over.

He would've been 100 yrs old

He will always be remembered for the jfk assassination announcement he looked as if he was about to start crying great newsman

I came here to see Walters top 10 moments, not have someone narrative every single one.

"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..."

"And That's The Way It Is" -Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr., (1916-2009).

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.

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.

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.

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'

Nobody can top Walter Cronkite he is a class act all the way! RIP Walter Cronkite

You will always be a well respected, deserving icon. Happy 100th birthday

Classic. We don't have that many journalist like him today.

Great video, thanks.

Way back in the time when news anchors were poised and professional

When the news actually was important and meant something.

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

One of a kind. Never to be seen again.

#1 was the best when he takes his glasses 👓 off

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.

He is a Real gentleman - Not shouting like todays anchors. Trying to make mess and panic.

Walter Cronkite was awesome. This nigga was OG. He was a seriously amazing journalist.

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!

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.

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).

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.

Great man

rip walter cronkite

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..

Excellent job WatchMojo! Thanks for a great video.

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.

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.

Thank you

Hmm...cool! I didn't know much about it him except that it was the name of the journalism school at ASU.

He's the biggest influence in my broadcasting life.

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

Great rundown! He was my favorite journalist, doing his reporting with calm, poise and unequalled reliability.

Today is Mr. Cronkite's 99th birthday.

I would have liked to see "Vietnam, we have reached the end of the tunnel and there is not light there"

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.

I’m quite polite like Walter Concrite! Slick Rick.

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)

Cant trust news anchors these days smh

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.

it's wild to think that all of this happened in his 20 year career

Hello Mr. Jones. I watched the whole video :D

Damn....just damn.

Happy Birthday Walter Cronkite!

The sad part is that if he was alive today hed have no business in the news industry

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:)

Finally, a Top 10 list that actually has historic value.

This new caster had you going to get a dictionary

Happy birthday, Uncle Walter! We miss you terribly - no one has ever been able to fill your shoes (or your anchor chair).

This man has seen pretty much everything

What a dude,

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.

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

The GOAT

"welcome to watchmojo.com, and today'll be canting down" *dyslexia intensifies*

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.)

legend

I see him and remember the nightly KIA and MIA figures, and that weird soundimg place--Phnom Penn

Now I know where Olbermann got his Iraq war countdown thing.

Happy 100th birthday, Walter Cronkite :-)

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.

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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.

I recognize the background music dammit. Can anyone identify it?

20th century fox, George Clooneys biggest fan letter writing level

I meant yakking but yanking works too now that I think about it.

When JFK was killed that was during that infamous episode of the World Turns

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!

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.

Voice ✨️

This is what news anchors should be now a days not politcal puppets for the dems. and reps.

And that's the way it is!

wow isn't this something, all aboard

here after finding out this guy is part of the bohemian grove club

Tomorrow he turns 100

So was this before Operation Mockingbird?

Back when the media actually reported the news.

Uncle Walter was the greatest

9+ years later and its almost the same

To think, we've gone from Walter Cronkite to Fox News :(

What about the Lufthansa Heist? He covered that.

The world needs a modern day equivalent to Walter Cronkite, a return to the fairness doctrine, someone who reports on plain factors

and todil i'll be counting down...... Best line in the whole damn video (btw she said todil i did not misspell it)

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.

It would have been nice to hear at least more than ten seconds of Cronkite in each report. Maybe let HIM tell the stories???

Boy does this country need a walker cronkite!

walter cronkite, the blueprint.

What I would give to have an anchorman or anchorwoman like that again.

Today Commemorates Walter Cronkite's 100th Birthday~

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.

Happy B-day

The News of Today are an atrocity compared to this man.

Hit ler in the flesh