this is walter cronkite in miami beach at this first session of the republican national convention. richard nixon was the leader. but he walked into the republican convention not positive that he would be the candidate. the new-fashioned nixon runs an old-fashioned campaign. and that s what the country seems to want. there were challengers. there was nelson rockefeller in new york, for starters, and george romney in michigan. there was some talk of reagan. but nixon had a lock on the delegates. we are a nation in crisis. right now, change rules america. it s time for america to rule
there were two or three guys giving you news on nightly basis and cronkite closed with that is the way it is. nice to have the authoritative voice but better to have choice of the market responded. there was no act of government or god. it was just, the market responded and we got drudge report, we got fox news. talk r radio. there are problems with all of this but the market continues innovates and creating new niches in the media. john:ed to koppel, host of nightline, in the washington post, wrote success of fox and msnbc is the source of sadness for me. not good for the republic. this is to journalism whatf sa bernie madoff was to investment. madoff told his customers what they wanted to hear, by the timehe they learned truth their money was gone. bill o reilly interviewed koppel about his complaints. you think that we ve corrupted the sanctity of fair news coverage? i think it has made it difficult, if not impossible for decente men and women in
and they were down the middle. you know, there were two or three guys giving you the news and cronkite closed with that s the way it is but it is better to have choice. there was no act of government or god but the market responded and we have drudge report and fox news and talk radio. and the market is innovating. ted coppell, host of night line he wrote that the success of fox and msnbc is not good for the republic. this is to journalism what bernie madoff was to investment. he tells the customers what they want to hear and by the time they learn the truth and their money is gone. you think that we corrupted the sanctity of fair news coverage? i think it s made it difficult if not impossible for decent men and women in
land who would have to live with the horrible consequences. the grown ups had to do something. the ad leads you to a government website to tell you how to reduce your carbon footprint. what s wrong with that? we are talking about it as noble to use less energy that s like saying it is noble to use less money. energy is the capacity to be productive. so it should never be an ideal. if they say the fossil fuel industry are making our climate more dangerous that is a fallacy here. the story is the opposite of this fairy tale. even though i bash the media there is good news to report. we have more choice. an editor came out to argue that the media is much better now. people say the golden age of media with cronkite and morrow.
there were two or three guys giving you news on nightly basis and cronkite closed with that is the way it is. nice to have the authoritative voice but better to have choice of the market responded. there was no act of government or god. it was just, the market responded and we got drudge report, we got fox news. talk r radio. there are problems with all of this but the market continues innovates and creating new niches in the media. john:ed to koppel, host of nightline, in the washington post, wrote success of fox and msnbc is the source of sadness for me. not good for the republic. this is to journalism whatf sa bernie madoff was to investment. madoff told his customers what they wanted to hear, by the timehe they learned truth their money was gone. bill o reilly interviewed koppel about his complaints. you think that we ve corrupted the sanctity of fair news coverage? i think it has made it difficult, if not impossible for decente men and women in congress, on capitol hill, to