Walter Cronkite had almost finished broadcasting the "CBS Evening News" when he received word of Martin Luther King's assassination. His report detailed the shooting and the nation's reaction to the tragedy. (CBSNews.com)
@tron.44 Really? I've never heard that. I vaguely remember him I was pretty young when he was on. But they say he was the most trusted man in America. I can't see him. Now Dan Rather ...I could see that possibility.
MLK knew his time was coming and he was not scared he knew his soul was going to god. Same for Malcolm X. That brotha smiled at his assassins. God's children never fear death.
Cesar Galvez *"Because people aren't getting assinated?"* Because when people are assassinated, it isn't reported as an assassination. For example, Gary Webb. You know, the guy that demonstrated a link between the CIA and inner city drug trafficking, who was fired from his job at the San Jose Mercury News, sued them for an undisclosed amount, won the lawsuit, was blacklisted from the industry and "committed suicide" by shooting himself in the head. Twice. Ever hear about that? No? What passes for "media" today, is nothing more than government propaganda. Find those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq yet? No? Well, I expect at least who was responsible for that "mistake" was rooted out of government and removed from power due to their sheer incompetence. No? Gee, I wonder why...
fuzzywzhe I'm normally one to reject conspiracy theories but after doing a bit of research on Gary Webb. It's hard to deny there's more to the story. Thank you.
Isiah Sloan *"I'm normally one to reject conspiracy theories"* First, anything that isn't Official Policy of your government (TM) is a "conspiracy theory". But there's plenty of false conspiracy theories. For example: Pizzagate: That's obviously false. You know how that can be spotted? In the emails leaked to wikileaks everybody in them talks OPENLY about criminal acts. Selling Ambassadorships to the highest bidder, colluding with the corporate media,, getting debate questions in advance, stiffing the vote for Sanders - but then it's all supposedly this weird keywords for child abuse. But here's a "conspiracy theory", Operation Ajax, Operation PBSuccess, Operation MKUltra. All these were "Conspiracy theories" when I was a kid. But all of them happened. Gary Webb maybe DID shoot himself twice in the head. It's *possible*. Don't draw conclusion either way. Doesn't really matter if he killed himself or not, the question that matters is - is the CIA running drugs? The answer is YES. Iran Contra proved that. You can see also by the massive increase in Opium production in Afghanistan since 2000. It was almost NOTHING back in 2000, now it's 80%+ of the world's supply. Taleban was certainly a terrible government, but they actually were anti opium, and they shut it down nearly completely.
Qosomo Between them, the SJWs, BLM, Trump and the "alt-right" have coaxed some really nasty POS out of the woodwork recently. It's one thing to fear Islam or see yourself as part of a white community, but there are some people out there saying stuff that shouldn't even be whispered on the fringes.
I'm not gonna lie I literally just graduated out of HS and every time this is brought up I'm very emotional. God bless him for his courage for our country no matter if your white, black, arabic, Chinese anything we may be different in race but we are one united and together. Rest in Peace, not to forget Happy Birthday.
@@gregorywheeler1980 Wasn't entirely in vain. My generation (6 mths old during his assassination) grew up knowing in principle it's wrong do diss people because of skin color. It DID take hold. Even by the mid 70s (early elem sch yrs) I knew right well that you couldn't call for "Segregation now! Segregation Forever" without getting your ass handed back to you. Driving racism into the corners is far from ideal, true. But it was a HUGE boost. Unfortunately, this stuff takes at minimum a generation to totally marginalize. It'll probably be my lifetime before race is an irrelevancy (if it ever does become it) - and probably past my lifetime more likely if late 2010s events are a harbinger of things to come over the next 20 or 30 years. It's just time for every currently living generation to gear up and fight this resurgence - lead by example and call out racism when you see it.
I remember that day, I was in school and my teacher was in the hall-way talking to the principal of what has happened. My teacher said, "Class Dr. Martin Luther King Died". I was dismissed from school and everyone was in the streets running and crying mostly looting and Rioting. I was only eight at the time so I really didn't know why people were going crazy.
The colour reproduction is good but TV cameras and professional videotape were never that good even in the 1960s (still better than VHS though) compared to film, it was just a much cheaper alternative when it came to editing and archiving in Television. I urge you to watch some of the restored clips of the Beatles on youtube. Or scenes from the blueray release of "The Prisoner". Or any blueray release of a sixties movie. Film was always great quality, just most of it was never preserved properly over the years and most people never payed attention to how high definition it was until HD video and LCD screens came in.
I so remember watching the one TV we had at home, mom started crying...there was an overwhelming silence and we knew not to talk. Dad just shook his head and I knew something real big had happened. April 4, 1968 RIP Dr. King
why would anyone cry over this? if people knew the real truth about MLK no one would care.MLK cheated on his wife,typical black man behavior.he plagiarized one of his speeches.theres probably other things too we don't know about MLK that aren't good.
My God, I miss Walter Cronkite. He had such a great presence and a clear understanding of stories that affected all of us. Why can't reporters be like this today?
Walter Cronkite was literally and figuratively an anchor. Every weeknight you saw him and heard him no matter what happened during the day. He was a constant in the lives of millions of Americans from 1962 to 1981.
Walter Cronkite will always be "my" news broadcaster. No one since has come close to his ability, tact, and compassion. A truly wonderful man whose death saddens me very deeply. I grew up with him giving the news every evening. He was like part of our family.
Cronkite was the best. He was always first and foremost, a reporter. He has a bias, and never tried to hide it - -- he was liberal. But, he said, he always tried to be fair. Late in life, he had a short-lived column where he acknowledged the MSM's liberal bias, offered some explanations for it (e.g., reporters often start out covering horrible situations where big government seems to be the only answer), and suggested that the bias wasn't so important with the multiplicity of news sources we now have. He never tried to deny, as dolts like Rather did, that the MSM was liberal.
For those who never were fortunate enough to get their news from Walter Cronkite, you missed an era of television news and news gathering in general that we will likely never see again. It was pure, honest, meaningful. Unlike the so-called newscasts of today, if you missed Cronkite's newscast, you really did miss the news of the day.
50 years later we still remember what happened and we were saddened. He was only 39 when the unthinkable happened. It inspired u2 to write what happened in their hit song pride in the name of love.
It's really cool to see vintage programming like this one. Not only does it shows what television programming is like in those days, but what life was like.
May God bless you and fill your heart and spirit with love and kindness for your fellow man. Being in law enforcement, I am truly sick of seeing the attrocities we do to each other.
I remember when this happened. I was in my room listening to the radio, when AM was king, and the report came on. I remember watching "Uncle Walter" (as we called Walter Cronkite) reporting and then LBJ talking. RIP Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dear Steve: The greatest thing he did for me was to make me realize that all of this worlds truly great minds and souls have all express that peace and brotherhood are the way to live one's life .Thank you my friend
God bless Dr.King, may his memory be eternal. And may the memory of what he did, the dignity and integrity of a Christian man who did as he believed still resonate on this earth, and inspire others.
April 4th 2022 the 54th Anniversary of MLK's Assassination. I thank MLK for what He did for America. If MLK was still living I would say Dr. King you're one of my heroes in History I thank you for what you did .
Thanks Tiffany for posting this, but you made the final cut at a very bad time ("Maybe he was trying to prove something") Completing Cronkite's sentence were the resolute words "Well maybe he DID"...
"But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop … I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land" MLK Jr's final speech
this must be the CBS West Coast broadcast--Cronkite would not been able to announce Dr. King's shooting in the Eastern Time Zone as it happened after the CBS East Coast broadcast would have been over
