edward r. murrow

    By Bruce Watson

    | 6:00PM 7/20/2009
    In 1950, when Edward R. Murrow convinced Walter Cronkite to join CBS News, the television news industry was still in its infancy. Nineteen years later, Cronkite left the network's anchor desk as one of the most trusted names in America and the primary news source for millions of Americans. When...

    By Jonathan Berr

    | 2:30PM 6/19/2009
    Walter Cronkite, the newsman who Americans turned to in good times and bad when he anchored the "CBS Evening News" for 19 years, reportedly is near death. According to TVNewser, CBS (CBS) began updating the obituary of the 92-year-old broadcaster a week ago. The expected passing of the newsman...