Brian Williams is probably the only television newsman left in the same vein as Cronkite or Huntley Brinkley.
Walter Cronkite was awesome when he narrated "The Twentieth Century". No one remembers that show.
Brian Williams is probably the only television newsman left in the same vein as Cronkite or Huntley Brinkley.
Right!
Thanks so much for rubbing it in, you guys!!
Don't feel too bad. I remember watching them on a small black and white TV because there wasn't color yet.
And I watched Dan Rather doing weather reports from Hurricane Carla when we lived in Texas.
Brian Williams is probably the only television newsman left in the same vein as Cronkite or Huntley Brinkley.
I am a totally ridiculous News Junky, and Have OTA, an FTA Dish, and a Raspberry Pi hooked up to watch whatever I can find on XBMC. Lately I watch
1. Fox News
2. Al Jazeera - America (and English)
3. BBC
4. CCTV 9
5. Russia Today
6. France 24
7. CNN International
8. Press TV
9. CNC
I also have the FTA dish scanning ABC News One to catch the wild feeds. All news channels are slanted one way or another. I like to get all of it and try to filter out the facts from the spin. The more you hear, the better informed you are.
I'm not so sure you would have seen Cronkite, Brinkley or Huntley yucking it up with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show or slow jamming the news on Jimmy Fallon.
Walter Cronkite was awesome when he narrated "The Twentieth Century". No one remembers that show.
Brian Williams is probably the only television newsman left in the same vein as Cronkite or Huntley Brinkley.
There's quite a bit of praise for Brian Williams in this thread, and he deserves it. However, I'm surprised there has been no mention yet of Gwen Ifill, who I feel is just as good as (if not better) than Williams.
The Boston Globe
NPR
WBUR (local public radio station)
BBC world news
Local TV news for weather, traffic, breaking news,and Red Sox highlights (assuming there are any!).