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but walter cronkite was a liberal, and his point of view was establishment liberal, and barry goldwater was treated as an oddity by the major networks. barry goldwater is--cronkite would say it, and you can get the old tapes out. "barry goldwater said today..." i got it. there's something wrong with the guy. there was a sense he was off the--off somewhere. he wasn't really somebody to be respected intellectually. and the media was like that, and prime time television is very secular, it's very liberal. it's liberal on things like gay rights and respect for gay people and for all kinds of things. you never see anybody saying on "frasier," "i got to go to church now." it just was that way. and i think a lot of conservatives say, "that doesn't represent my life. i've got to offer--so when fox came along, they said, fair and balanced. and everybody knew that was a joke. nobody really believes it's fair and balanced. nobody who watches it believes it's fair and balanced. they believe it balances off the liberal media, and they think it's fair only in the sense that it's getting even. they do

there were three broadcast networks, and walter cronkite became the most trusted man in america, who nightly told us what the news was an haute -- helped shape that to a great extent. there were two national newspapers. it was the most influential and then " if the wall street journal -- and then "the wall street journal." it was very different from today. there were five networks. "usa today" did not exist. "life" magazine and millions no longer exists. the media world is quite different. fair are many new voices. in many respects, i think that is healthy, but the danger for any society is if you do not have a core of shared facts and values, i think there is a great danger for the society, and i do worry about that. >> in a speech, the writer said hoyt defended the sources for a necessary evil, and i have some stuff. would you feel about anonymous sources? >> i would defend the use of anonymous sources in certain circumstances, and i think they are necessary. they are necessary -- for example, a couple years ago, a story revealed the bush administration's extralegal system of eaves

walter cronkite became the most trusted man in america, who nightly told us what the news was and helped to shape that to a great extent. there were two national newspapers. "the new york times" was not national at that point. "the wall street journal." it was a very different world from today. there was no such thing as cable news. there are now five broadcast networks, depending how you count them. "usa today" did not exist in that mix. "newsweek," "u.s. news" are struggling and one of them may not exist in the long run. "life" magazine, the circulation in the billions no longer exists. there are many more voices today. i think that is healthy in many respects. the danger for any society is a view -- is if you don't have some core of shared facts and values, ultimately, there is a great danger for the society. i do worry about that. >> in a speech, the writer said you defended the use of anonymous sources as a necessary evil, adding the news business has worked hard to minimize their use. i have some stuff here. what did you find that "the new york times" about anonymous sources and ho

these are not the days of walter cronkite, but the days of entertainment tonight. let's get it on tv, coming up at six, and guess what, no fact checking whatsoever. and this fact capturing serves as an incubator to happen over and over. and something is crazy about the facts and how do we get the next set of eyes watching tv and the next set of ears listening to radio station and that's what is driving this. host: pennsylvania, good morning. caller: good morning, we live in a very reactionary white america. we live in a very media sensational america that happens to be white. black people we don't have the luxury of being racist, because we are too busy trying to catch up to white america. there is one america as a nation, and as a physical country. but there is black and there is white. and everyone's reality is not the same. we do have a black president. he's a man that happens to be black. and it's just sad that race in america it's a systemic problem. and once something is systemic, it's like disease. systemic, it will take much, much surgery. it will take many

these are not the days of walter cronkite, but the days of entertainment tonight. let's get it on tv, coming up at six, and guess what, no fact checking whatsoever. and this fact capturing serves as an incubator to happen over and over. and something is crazy about the facts and how do we get the next set of eyes watching tv and the next set of ears listening to radio station and that's what is driving this. host: pennsylvania, good morning. caller: good morning, we live in a very reactionary white america. we live in a very media sensational america that happens to be white. black people we don't have the luxury of being racist, because we are too busy trying to catch up to white america. there is one america as a nation, and as a physical country. but there is black and there is white. and everyone's reality is not the same. we do have a black president. he's a man that happens to be black. and it's just sad that race in america it's a systemic problem. and once something is systemic, it's like disease. systemic, it will take much, much surgery. it will take many

these are not the days of walter cronkite, but the days of entertainment tonight. let's get it on tv, coming up at six, and guess what, no fact checking whatsoever. and this fact capturing serves as an incubator to happen over and over. and something is crazy about the facts and how do we get the next set of eyes watching tv and the next set of ears listening to radio station and that's what is driving this. host: pennsylvania, good morning. caller good morning, we live in a very reactionary white america. we live in a very media sensational america that happens to be white. black people we don't have the luxury of being racist, because we are too busy trying to catch up to white america. there is one america as a nation, and as a physical country. but there is black and there is white. and everyone's reality is not the same. we do have a black president. he's a man that happens to be black. and it's just sad that race in america it's a systemic problem. and once something is systemic, it's like disease. systemic, it will take much, much surgery. it will take many