Walter Cronkite
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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
Walter 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.[1]
