Walter Cronkite

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (4 November 1916 – 17 Juli 2009) adalah seorang jurnalis penyiaran Amerika, paling dikenal sebagai pembawa berita CBS Evening News selama 19 tahun (1962–81). Selama masa kejayaan CBS News pada tahun 1960-an dan 1970-an, ia sering disebut sebagai "orang paling tepercaya di Amerika" setelah disebutkan dalam jajak pendapat. Meskipun ia melaporkan banyak peristiwa dari tahun 1937 hingga 1981, termasuk pemboman dalam Perang Dunia II, persidangan di Nuremberg, pertempuran dalam Perang Vietnam, kematian Presiden John F. Kennedy, kematian pelopor hak-hak sipil Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, dan Krisis Penyanderaan Iran, ia dikenal karena liputan TV yang luas tentang program luar angkasa AS, dari Proyek Mercury hingga pendaratan di Bulan hingga Pesawat Ulang-alik. Dia adalah satu-satunya penerima penghargaan Moon-rock non-NASA. Cronkite terkenal dengan slogannya "Dan begitulah adanya," diikuti dengan tanggal penayangannya. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Walter Cronkite, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.​

Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Cronkite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​