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Good News About Bad News
Everyone knows TV political journalism failed us during the 2016 campaign. Everyone knows TV news was clueless about Donald Trump voters and blue states swinging red. Everyone knows anchors let lying...
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More “Cronkite Moments,” Please, ASAP!
Mere weeks ago, The Washington Post ran a story headlined “‘Lie after lie after lie’: Fox News’s Shepard Smith has a Cronkite moment on Russia,” which caught our attention because the Lear Center...
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In 2007, Lear Center director Marty Kaplan moderated the symposium with Cronkite Award winners. The post 2007 Walter Cronkite Award Symposium appeared first on The Norman Lear Center.
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The Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism
CALL FOR ENTRIES BEGINS FALL 2018 The Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism encourages and showcases substantive, innovative coverage that informs viewers about their...
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These Two Dudes in Denver Should Moderate All the Presidential Debates
Here’s Kyle Clark grilling Republican Cory Gardner, who went on to oust Mark Udall from his Colorado senate seat in 2014: “You continue to deny that the federal Life at Conception Act which you...
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“We are not intelligent enough, we’re not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of selecting our leaders for the future. We’ve got to improve that situation, and it’s going to be, to a...
View Article2003 Walter Cronkite Award Ceremony
The Second Annual Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Television Political Journalism were highlighted by special remarks prepared by Walter Cronkite and a keynote speech by John Cochran, chief...
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