@@tomloft2000 I will agree to a certain extent with Daniel C in that the commentaries by Sevareid and John Chancellor were nuanced, better thought out. Today's get to the hot button in two or three seconds.
I love going back in time. I was a senior in high school when this news broadcast was aired. I always looked forward to Mr. Cronkite when he sign off. "And that's the way it is." R.I.P. Mr. Cronkite. You are missed. 2/2/2023
I agree with you, totally. I , by the way , was also a senior in HS at this time. I loved the time spent watching Walter Cronkite as my parents and I sat at the dinner table. We would begin our dinnertime with ( in NYC) Jim Jensen and Roland Smith presenting the local news at 6pm. Then came Walter with the national news at 7pm.
@@asorrentino38 I graduated the year before. The ones I missed were Shana Alexander on 60 Minutes (I NEVER missed it!!!!!) and Jessica Savitch. I was in love . . .
Thanks for this, It is hard to believe there was a time when the national news gave a damn about unions and working people. Walter Cronkite was the most trusted man in America.
Before the networks became owned by GE, Westinghouse and other corporations, news about labor was covered. When corporations took over, fair reporting disappeared.
I was a year old during this broadcast so it's interesting for me to see how much more class and integrity the news had at the time. These days it's all just slanted and biased nonsense delivered by one-sided puppets and decorated with flashing lights and goofy graphics on the screen. It was about information then, not propaganda as it is now.
I think people need to understand that the problem of bias in the media existed then and was if anything just as much a problem then as it is now. The bias was camouflaged underneath a far more professional veneer than exists today but it was still a problem because even then, 90% of the media leaned left, and Cronkite was no exception.
@@epaddon That's a cop out. So, we just give up on expecting real Journalism? I don't care which way ya lean, facts still matter. I can weed out opinions.
That because we are in the Fourth Turning. People of class from years ago are all gone, and as a consequence, we no longer take to heart their lessons, and "another set of unfortunate events" begin.
Thanks Fuzzy for this gem..The most trusted man on American TV.. Walter Cronkite. A piece of TV history here....I remember watching these then at the dinner table..Sometimes a home work assignment came out of these broadcasts for Civics.Economics History class the next day.Probably the only one in class that remember all the journalists from the big 3 networks and the local channels too..
And I.I.N.M., Mr. Crim once worked with Jessica Savitch at KYW Channel 3 in Philadelphia. Crim and Ron Hunter were two "name" anchors who never made it to, never mind in, New York.
Mort Crim (and Emery King!) were coworkers prior to WDIV (Channel 4 in Detroit) and I was unaware of that until watching this! Cronkite has a gravitas that isn't found on TV nowadays.
Uncle Walter was the most trusted man on the news. He was a great commentary journalist. I can remember it all. JFK, Vietnam, Moon Landings. Fairness Doctrine needs to be brought back and applied to Cable Networks.
Welp. I guess I just found the possible source footage of that one alternate history video. Also, a lot of people reminiscing in the comments about the good old days of news broadcasts, while I'm here looking through old footage to get a sense of how well done a similarly-styled fake broadcast was done.
Took a ferry to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, one weekend back in the 80s. Toured the island in our car, driving along the shore road (the ferry could hold fifty-something cars). As darkness was approaching, we decided to turn around and so we pulled into someone's driveway. Turned out it was Walter Kronkite's. We didn't see Walter, but we did see Burt Reynolds' yacht at the dock beyond the house. Hard to miss as it was huge. Must be nice to travel that way!
It seems like those days were far tougher than today. Sorry, but there was terrible unemployment; threat of terror; sewers exploding; oil spills. Plus, we had a chance to improve society. They talked about solar panels, electric vehicles and living in a more eco friendly environment. What happened in the last 47 years? Why didn’t that generation and further generations try to work toward this type of world?
All business, a perfunctory good night and they got the hell out of there. No silly joking and carrying on. Also love the wastebasket visible behind Mort Crim and the plain steel desks. Not like the overly slick, glossy news sets we see today.and smiling.
I’m watching this and saddened by seeing Bruce Jenner on the Wheaties commercial! I’m glad he’s happy now…but is he really?! Idk about now?! 😂😮I was only 5 1/2 years old in 1976 when he won 🏅 so it was exciting and I had a crush on him….😂😊Boy! Has time changed!!😮😊😅😂❤
Same age here! Grew up eating Wheaties, too. He was quite a hero, and already did all the hetero stuff, wife, kids, world sports dominance. If he wants to achieve womanhood now, I say go for it. Just watch where you're driving, Kylie!
I live and grew up in the WV market where these Union votes were held. The CBS affiliate WCHS TV 8 in Charleston, WV carried the live network feed at 6:30PM Eastern time following Channel 8 Eyewitness News at 6:00PM. Now WCHS is ABC since switching networks with WOWK 13 Huntington, VW in the same market back in 1985.
Straightforward, fact-based, political agenda-less news reporting like this is sadly gone for good. In its place is what the film Network (1976) warned us might happen as a result of blurring the lines between news and entertainment.
Concern for the poor. Concern for unions. Concern for the ghetto. No opinions. No lies. This is when we had journalists not the lickspittles of oligarchs and octogenarians holding onto power.
Hey MOCT! My mom and I were just talking about you since you were interviewed on NPR last year. We are donating soon, I promise!!! Keep up the great work. You are seriously helping me retrieve footage I was familiar with growing up to use on my own projects as well, so I am forever grateful. I know I've asked, but any footage for Samurai Sunday? Or channel 66's "The Thrilla of Godzilla" that were weekend marathons of Japanese monster films? Or any ads for Spectreman or Ultraman? I know I sound like a broken record, but if anyone could help me find it, I think it would be you. One more thing, I SWEAR..... I was about 8 or 9 when I saw this. A Godzilla and Kong lookalike we're thrashing the city while "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy plays. Long sees a billboard for Budweiser and grabs the giant bottle. He shares it with Godzilla. They stop fighting to continue drinking, leaving a trail of destruction behind them as Thin Lizzy fades as well. Does ANYONE remember this commercial? I SWEAR it exists. I know it sounds vaguely like the Godzilla/Dr. Pepper ads two or three years prior. But this was in color, and I THINK it may have been stop motion in regards to the action. I gotta find this. Anything you can do would help.
22:20 oj simpson. its pretty weird watching this because i was 4 and dont remember kronkite but i remember some very strange eye makeup commercial that was animated that may have been a dream 23:13 Arthur Fiedler i remember so well rip
It's pretty damn awesome to see what was going on when I was only 1 and half years old. I like to picture my little gargoyle looking ass sitting in my swing, or walker watching the news with Mom and Dad hehehehehe.
" I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore!" Chayefsky and Finch were so on its scary...we all know that crap is king. Thanks Walter you were classy not like Burgundy but close!
@@mesocorny4366 From St Joseph MO, 50 miles north of KCMO in the northwestern part of the state, unlike parts of southern MO, the 'midland' dialect is prevalent there.
Red Tape but the new read tapes of red tapes in 2023. God Bless Grandpa …. We are in the midst of nothing with in less reunions bc they are bought out with legislation
The top story was the coal miner’s contract offer & its implications on our nation were understood. Today our power grid is still about 50% coal powered & not a care is given to the coal miners & their livelihoods. Coal is now pedaled as nothing but pure evil instead of the cheap home grown energy source that it is. As much as I like green energy, I’m also a fan of consistency which solar & wind cannot promise. Coal & nuclear are time proven abundant sources that can keep the lights on until alternative sources have been perfected.
I wonder what video WTCG in Atlanta would have supplied to CBS. That was Ted Turner's independent station (later to become WTBS). The CBS affiliate in the Atlanta market was WAGA.
Did some googling and it sounds like the guy really lost his way in the 2000's/10's and the sanctuary closed, but a new organization took over the site - it's the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary now.