Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.

Quote by Walter Cronkite

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I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was...

I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was...

I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.

I've gone from the most trusted man in America to one of the most debated.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has...

Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has...

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our...

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our...

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the...

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the...

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which...

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which...

And that's the way it is.

And that's the way it is.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an...

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which...

The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which...

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every...

Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every...

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs...

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs...

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

Dan Rather and I just aren't especially chummy.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or...

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or...

Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences

Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

These people marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an education...

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...

I have lately been surveying the Walden woods so extensively and minutely that I now...