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Television... is not a substitute for print.

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Walter Cronkite
Age: 92 †
Born: 1916
Born: November 4
Died: 2009
Died: July 17
Journalist
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Saint Joseph
Missouri
Walter Leland Cronkite
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Walter Leland Cronkite
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The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.
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