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Being a news guy is a weird occupation these days.
When I got into the profession back in the ‘80s, there was no Twitter, no Facebook, and very few cable TV channels. It would be a while before some “news” channels went way left, and others went way right.
Walter Cronkite had just retired a few years earlier, and he had not reached the saintly status his name invokes today.
Being a news guy is a weird occupation these days.
When I got into the profession back in the 80s, there was no Twitter, no Facebook, and very few cable TV channels. It would be a while before some “news” channels went way left, and others went way right.
Walter Cronkite had just retired a few years earlier, and he had not reached the saintly status his name invokes today.
Almost every day, someone attacks me, or pretty much any news person because we have reported a story they don’t agree with, or one that doesn’t echo their views. They usually say, “The news ain’t been worth a (flip) since Walter Cronkite! Y’all tell everyone how to think, but he kept it right down the middle!”
Being a news guy is a weird occupation these days.
When I got into the profession back in the 80s, there was no Twitter, no Facebook, and very few cable TV channels. It would be a while before some ânewsâ channels went way left, and others went way right.
Walter Cronkite had just retired a few years earlier, and he had not reached the saintly status his name invokes today.
Almost every day, someone attacks me, or pretty much any news person because we have reported a story they donât agree with, or one that doesnât echo their views. They usually say, âThe news ainât been worth a (flip) since Walter Cronkite! Yâall tell everyone how to think, but he kept it right down the middle!â
Save this story for later. The phone is great, and it s terrific you can get a text from somebody that says good to see ya, but there s something about holding a piece of paper in your hand.
And with that,
George Clooney made his case for old fashioned letter-writing as a virtuous form of communication. (He did not divulge if his a typewriter fanatic like
Tom Hanks, or preferred to stick to the ol quill.)
Clooney appeared on Friday night s
Late Show with Stephen Colbert, to promote his forthcoming Netflix sci fi film
The Midnight Sky. While host and guest were chatting across the Atlantic (Clooney is currently in England) they got on the topic of letters.
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