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thucythucy

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9. I saw that too: Reasoner's reaction
Mon Nov 25, 2013, 01:09 PM
Nov 2013

to folks who missed their soap operas. Incredible.

There's a story--and I don't know if it's true or not--about Walter Cronkite during this period. The phone rang in the news room while he was on break--off the air--and he picked it up because everyone else was busy frantically trying to cover the story. It turned out to be a woman calling to say she hated "that awful communist, Walter Cronkite," and can't anybody do anything about getting rid of him? Cronkite supposedly answered, "Madam, this is Walter Cronkite, and you are an idiot!"

This IS painful to watch, but so incredibly important. I'm just thankful we have these recordings to go back to.

Best wishes.

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