Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted
Cronkite in 1983
Walter Cronkite with a Weather Computer in 1952
Cronkite interviewed President John F. Kennedy to inaugurate the first half-hour nightly news broadcast in 1963.
Walter Cronkite was on television during the 1st presidential debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name in September 1961 after his reporting sa
Walter Cronkite
…In the next few minutes, several more bulletins reporting that Kennedy had died were given to Cronkite, including one from CBS's own correspondent Dan Rather that had been reported as confirmation of Kennedy's death by CBS Radio. As these bulletins came into the newsroom, it was becoming clearer that Kennedy…
Rather's boyhood home being restored at the Wharton County Museum
Rather speaking about his experiences in his 61 years of journalism before a group of NATO commanders at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan in July 2011.
Rather during an interview with Extra at the 2002 Peabody Awards