Television [is] a high-impact medium. It does some things no other force can do-transmitting electronic pictures through the air. Still, as an explored, comprehensive medium, it is not a substitute for print.

Quote by Walter Cronkite

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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men...

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men...

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...

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.

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...

And that's the way it is.

And that's the way it is.

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.

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...

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life...

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life...

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.

The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.