Files under General | Jul
20th
SALON’s Glenn Greenwald writes an indictment of the establishment U.S. media in a very punchy “Celebrating Cronkite while ignoring what he did”.
His point:
“Cronkite’s best moment was when he did exactly that which today’s journalists insist they must never do.”
What’s more encouraging is that he got almost 500 very interesting reactions in less than 48 hours.
And watch here what Walter Cronkite said in 1996:
“I regret that in our attempt to establish some standards we didn’t make them stick.
We couldn’t find a way to pass them on to another generation.”
Tags: Glenn Greenwald, U.S. media, Walter Cronkite, the establishment