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'Cronkite,' Douglas Brinkley's Walter Cronkite biography, covers all the bases but includes some jarring editorial outbursts..

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Overview: He has been called the most trusted man in America.

'Cronkite,' Douglas Brinkley's Walter Cronkite biography, covers all the bases but includes some jarring editorial outbursts.

We all miss Walter Cronkite, who would have been years old today.

Walter Cronkite was not inclined to introspection, and historian Douglas Brinkley emulates his subject in this thorough biography of the news broadcaster who in.

A new biography of Walter Cronkite reveals the less trustworthy side of the most trusted man in America.

The CBS anchor is remembered as a media giant who gruffly championed hard-hitting journalism.

This is a mostly justifiable assessment. But some unscrupulous actions outlined in the book muddy his otherwise almost spotless reputation, and make clear how much the media has changed.

For starters, he had no problem accepting freebies.

These weren't occasional drinks, but flights to remote and luxurious vacation spots around he world for him and his friends and family, courtesy of now-defunct airline Pan Am.

News organizations today place heavy restrictions on the amount of gifts their journalists can receive, if any.

This is done in order to protect the organizations' neutrality. For example, The New York Times' company policy states:

Staff members and those on assignment for us may not accept anything that could be construed as a payment for favorable coverage or fo