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I think that Cronkite was the biggest liar of them all when he was selling the news. Did you hear him calling for the pullout from Iraq like he was trying to live the glory again for screwing us in Viet Nam.

Whadda loon.

I think that Cronkite was the biggest liar of them all

Actually, Katie has quite a lot in common with Walter: They are both showbiz personalities elevated, without real journalistic achievement, to a sham position as newsreader to the nation.

Walter had a sonorous voice and an avuncular look. He was a Ted Baxter who pulled it off. Katie is...well...Katie is perky. Perky Katie. She was hired on Today for the perky factor. It worked for her, at least in the ultra-fluffy a.m. slot. The network suits are like a ball player who will never change his socks after a success. Perky worked for them in the a.m. so they are trying it in the p.m. Katie is going to the anchor chair for the perky factor just just as Walter was hired for the uncle factor.

Nothing but showbiz.

Did you hear him calling for the pullout from Iraq like he was trying to live the glory again for screwing us in Viet Nam.

Unc' Walt Crankshaft pretty much gave the shaft to the American public during the Viet Nam war.