Walter Cronkite

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Walter Cronkite
Species:	Human
Job:	Journalist
Place of origin:	United States of America, Earth
First mentioned in:	Wonderland [+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"]
Appearance:	Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"]

An American newsreader reported on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, interrupting programmes to bring a special bulletin on the news. (PROSE: Wonderland ^[+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"])

In 1969, he presented television coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing. He removed his glasses and smiled as he watched the lunar lander descend. (TV: Day of the Moon ^[+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"])

Behind the scenes

Cronkite was a real world newsreader for CBS News; he is not named in either story. In Wonderland ^[+]Loading...["Wonderland (novel)"], his real world CBS News bulletin on the Kennedy assassination is paraphrased. He is briefly seen on a television in Day of the Moon ^[+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"], using archive footage from his CBS moon landing coverage.