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Ainsley Earhardt: Guest Hits On Fox News Anchor On Live TV (VIDEO)

Appearing on Fox News, financial analyst Uri Man seemed to be full of kind words for anchor Ainsley Earhardt — so much so that she ended the segment asking, “Is he hitting on me on live TV? Did that just happen?”

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Frank Rich: Most Trusted Man In News Can’t Be “Outsourced To Comedy Central And Jon Stewart”

That’s why the past week’s debate about whether there could ever again be a father-figure anchor with Cronkite’s everyman looks and sonorous delivery is an escapist parlor game. What matters is content, not style. The real question is this: Ho…

Barry Michael Cooper: Walter Cronkite, Anchorman: When Holdin’ It Down Lifted U.S. Up

When we lose public figures who become such an enduring part of our private lives, we lose a part of ourselves. We also realize, like Dylan Thomas, that we too, won’t go gently into that good night.

Jeff Gralnick: Remembering Walter

I worked directly with Walter in the early days of broadcast news. No matter how big he became, there was an essential decency and humanity along with his drive to know and understand each story.

U.S. TV anchor Walter Cronkite dies

Walter Cronkite, the broadcast journalist once called “the most trusted man in America”, has died late Friday at the age of 92 after a long illness. The longtime television news anchor kept Americans informed about the great news events of the second half of the 20th century.

“Walter Kronkite” On Twitter: Legendary Anchor’s Name Misspelled By The Masses

Even though the news legend Walter Cronkite appeared in living rooms across America for decades, it appears the Twitter generation has trouble spelling his name. At 10pm EST, one of the trending topics was “Walter Kronkite.”

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Joseph A. Palermo: Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite spoke a language critical of U.S. policy in Vietnam that appealed to the middle class.

Harry Porterfield, Venerable TV Newsman, Out At WLS-Channel 7

Anchor and reporter Harry Porterfield, a celebrated Chicago TV fixture for 45 years, the last 24 at WLS-Ch. 7, is leaving the ABC owned-and-operated station at the end of this month, the latest casualty of the revenue crunch that’s squeezing t…