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zgrizz t1_iu6rt45 wrote

Koppel wasn't bad, but he was no Cronkite. He allowed the opinions of the network executives to influence his reporting, something, as far as anyone has ever been able to tell, Walter never allowed.

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L0st_in_the_Stars OP t1_iu6s6n1 wrote

Cronkite had the advantage of working in the era when the networks didn't look at their news divisions as profit centers.

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DarthDregan t1_iu6vvxv wrote

That problem cropped up beginning with Murrow, which is long before this dude. And Kronkite had no problem giving his opinion. His famous Vietnam episode for example.

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