Newsman and Pioneering Radio and TV Journalist Walter Cronkite Dies at 92

Pioneering TV newsman(read Anchor) Walter Cronkite has Died. Cronkite died at his New York City home he was 92. Cronkite created the template of the Network Newsman and Anchor, knowledgeable, authoritative, telling it like it is style which is sorely missing today.

Cronkite covered the major news and events of the mid twentieth century including The end of Great Depression,  World War II,  The Korean War;  The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy,   and his brother Former Attorney General and Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy,Civil Rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X in addition Attempted Assassinations both of Presidents Gerald R. Ford and Ronald W. Reagan.

The Vietnam War( he called a morass , which led to President Lyndon B. Johnson not to run for a second full term in 1968).He reported the Apollo 11 space mission which kept the promise of President  Kennedy of putting a man on  the Moon. He covered the fall of two term President Richard M. Nixon,  The Bicentennial of the United States.The Declining economy in 1970’s and early 80’s. The Iranian Hostage Crisis toward the end of his career at CBS News.

In 1972 Good Housekeeping  Magazine named Cronkite “The most trusted in America” for his journalistic endevors.

In 1981 Walter Cronkite retired from the anchor desk at CBS News but he anchored and hosted documentaries for various broadcast and cable networks including CBS , and PBS just to name a few.

He did just covered the news he gave the analysis that viewing public came to expect Cronkite, Commentaries on The Kennedy Assassination, My-Li massacre in Vietnam, Watergate Scandal; The economy, international events and of course the variety of civil rights events: of Blacks, Latinos, Women, Gays, etc.

Cronkite is  survived by his Children, Nancy Cronkite, Kathy  Cronkite and Walter (Chip)Cronkite III

CBS News has extensive coverage of the life and career of Walter Cronkite.

Walter Cronkite was the Platinum Standard in Television News.  In a era where there was little bells that we come to expect. He was a straight shooter no nonsense man that is missing today. Anyone under 35 years old  would not know who Cronkite was. He was your uncle  telling stories of the day, providing information, making you think on the events that shape two generations.  Today anchors are vapid, not versatile in experience; prompter readers. Very few enterprise their own stories.   And with a myriad of  networks CBS, ABC and NBC have lost viewers since Cronkite retirement.  News has become partisan, I mean Hyper-partisan;.and unrecognizable broadcast journalism industry to him and his generation of newsmen and newswomen that came  before.

Farewell Mr. Cronkite, thank you presenting the news the way it was for 50 years.

Iranian Protests During Friday Prayers with shouts of Freedom,Freedom and Death to the Dictator

From Iran: Thousands people gather for Friday Prayers in Tehran with chants of Freedom, Freedom and Death to the Dictator.  Police and Basij Para-Military forces clamped down on protesters  firing tear gas and arresting dozens of demonstrators as one of the Main Opposition Cleric  challenging the Supreme  Leader as the country was in crisis.

President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke out against the attacks against the protesters. Rafsanjani chastise the leadership hearing the people claims of voter fraud.

“There is a large portion of the wise people who say they have doubts (about the election). We need to take action to remove this doubt,” he said. “The trust that brought the people to vote in such large numbers is not there anymore. We need to return this trust.”

Meanwhile Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is demanding an apology from the United States for stoking the flames of unrest and rebellion. The American government denied the accusations.

“They tried to interfere in our elections. They talked nonsense. They were rude. They fomented aggression against people’s wealth and property,” Ahmadinejad told a crowd of thousands in the northwestern city of  Mashhad.

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Unemployment soars again:15 States Joins Michigan with Double Digit Josses

Another reminder on bad the economy the United States Labor Department released the latest unemployment number for individual states and Metros.

First:16 states have crossed the ten percent jobless rate club. Leading the way Michigan 15.2%  the highest in the nation. Michigan is the 1st state since West Virginia back in 1984 to reach 15%. Rhodes Island12.4%; Oregon12.2%; South Carolina 12.1%.

In the 11 percentile range California 11.6%unemployment,followed by Ohio11.1% and North Carolina at 11% even. At 10% Jobless figures are the following: Washington DC and  Kentucky 10.9% ; Tennessee 10.8% Florida 10.6%, Indiana 10.7%  Georgia 10%.

Lastly, there is good news if you are willing to move a  smaller more rural states the unemployment rate are the lowest:North Dakota an incredible 4.2% rate, followed by Nebraska 5% Nebraska’s neighboring  state South Dakota 5.1% unemployment. Utah at 5.7% and the adjoining state of Wyoming at  5.9%.

Meanwhile  in the major Metropolitan areas Worst place to find a job : Detroit lead the way at 14.9% unemployment. Followed by Providence,RI jobless rate at 12.%.

The Best Metropolitan areas for jobs include Oklahoma City 5.7 % next San Antonio 5.8 %

Among selected major metropolitan areas: Southern California the Jobless figures is as follows: Los Angeles is 11.4%, Anaheim-Santa Ana area (Orange County ,CA) is  8.6%, Riverside and San Bernadino counties metro area(known as the Inland Empire of California) is at 13% unemployment rate.

In the Bay Area: Oakland 10.4%; while San Francisco 8.4%. From the  Chicagoland area: Chicago 10.7%, Waukegan,Il-Kenosha,WI 8.5%

In South Florida: Miami 9.6% Ft. Lauderdale 8.8%,  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton region 10.2% jobless figure.

In the nation’s capitol Washington DC metro unemployment rate is  6.4%. jobless rate.

In Greater Boston area Boston unemployment rate 7.7% while Boston Suburban communities Lawrence-Salem on the North Shore at 12.4%

In the New York Tri-State area unemployment as follows: New York City 8.5%, Newark-Union8.4% Nassau Co-Suffolk Co(Long Island, NY)  a nice 6.9% jobless figure.

Philadelphia’s Delaware Valley regions jobless figures: Philadelphia 8% Camden, NJ 8.8% Wilmington,DE8.4%

In the Dallas-Ft.Worth Metroplex Unemployment  rate as follows: Dallas-Plano-Irving 7.2% and Ft. Worth-Arlington 7.1% jobless figures.

In the Emerald City: Seattle area jobless  numbers as follows Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 8.4%, Tacoma-Olympia 10.4%

Happy  Job Hunting!

Good Grief!

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United States  Bureau of Labor Statics