I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

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• Walter Cronkite:

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  There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

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• Walter Cronkite:

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• Walter Cronkite:

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• Walter Cronkite:

  I want to say that probably 24 hours after I told CBS that I was stepping down at my 65th birthday,