Comments on: Could Any U.S. Journalist Take Cronkite’s Anti-War Stance Today — and Have the Same Impact? http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/12/could-any-us-journalist-take-cronkites-anti-war-stance-today-and-have-the-same-impact.html The Idea Grove is a full-service agency specializing in public relations, marketing and Web design. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Moni http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/12/could-any-us-journalist-take-cronkites-anti-war-stance-today-and-have-the-same-impact.html/comment-page-1#comment-352 Moni Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:40:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=409#comment-352 It's a different world today. The only person I can think of would be someone like Oprah -- if she used the platform of her show to preach against the war every day, it would make a difference. It’s a different world today. The only person I can think of would be someone like Oprah — if she used the platform of her show to preach against the war every day, it would make a difference.

]]> By: SB http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/12/could-any-us-journalist-take-cronkites-anti-war-stance-today-and-have-the-same-impact.html/comment-page-1#comment-351 SB Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:33:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=409#comment-351 Update: I posted this on Daily Kos as well and the votes so far are running about 75 percent "no."<br/><br/>One commenter posted this response:<br/><br/>A most excellent question, and it could be answered from different perspectives...journalistic, style of communication, credibility to name a few.<br/><br/>It's very interesting to look back in time to observe the art of communication. The wordsmithing of Cronkite, the leadership challenge of Kennedy as he had us look to the moon (a more recent analogy about a Mars mission is laughable), and to look back even farther....the near-poetic letters of soldiers on the battlefields of the Civil War. <br/><br/>However, you can't go back.<br/><br/>To your question...many journalists could opine similar thoughts, but not in such a refined manner. Of course, they would be swiftboated by the end of the day. No current journalist in my view has the gravitas to come close to Cronkite in regards to the weight of the message.<br/><br/>At the risk of being flamed mercilessly, there is one person who came to mind that could put out a similar speech to Cronkite's standard, even though the politics do not line up. <br/><br/>Pat Buchanan. Of course, nobody pays attention to Pat. Update: I posted this on Daily Kos as well and the votes so far are running about 75 percent “no.”

One commenter posted this response:

A most excellent question, and it could be answered from different perspectives…journalistic, style of communication, credibility to name a few.

It’s very interesting to look back in time to observe the art of communication. The wordsmithing of Cronkite, the leadership challenge of Kennedy as he had us look to the moon (a more recent analogy about a Mars mission is laughable), and to look back even farther….the near-poetic letters of soldiers on the battlefields of the Civil War.

However, you can’t go back.

To your question…many journalists could opine similar thoughts, but not in such a refined manner. Of course, they would be swiftboated by the end of the day. No current journalist in my view has the gravitas to come close to Cronkite in regards to the weight of the message.

At the risk of being flamed mercilessly, there is one person who came to mind that could put out a similar speech to Cronkite’s standard, even though the politics do not line up.

Pat Buchanan. Of course, nobody pays attention to Pat.

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