Legendary Newsman Walter Cronkite Dies at 92-- Archive Interview Excerpts Online
Sat, 07/18/2009
Walter Cronkite received the moniker, “the most trusted man in America” when he served as the anchorman and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, due to his honesty, integrity, and, occasionally, his emotional delivery of the day’s news. Below, from his Archive interview, Cronkite discusses how his signoff "That's the way it is" came about. commercial… I came back and said this is an unusual departure. I’m going to deliver an editorial in effect; I’m going to give you my...