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• n  a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

• Documentarian The former anchorman stands in Montana's Glacier National Park during an on-location interview for the Discovery Channel.
• Cronkite retires as an anchorman in 1981.
• With his retirement this week as anchorman from the CBS Evening News goes the man who more than anyone else has shaped and given stature to the role.

• anchor
• anchorperson

News & Articles

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• Newseum's 'Anchorman' Exhibit Is Kind of a Big Deal
  “I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.” And, in addition, Ron Burgundy now has a museum exhibit to call his own. “Anchorman: The Exhibit,” at Washington’s Newseum, is based on the 2004 hit comedy “Anchorman: The Legend of...
  June 12, 2013 - ABC News via Yahoo! News
• Anchorman 2: Kanye West 'Great' & 'Funny' On Set Says Director Adam McKay
  Kanye West was photographed in costume on the set of "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" last month and now, director Adam McKay has confirmed Yeezy's cameo in the upcoming comedy.
  June 8, 2013 - Access Hollywood via Yahoo! News
• ‘Anchorman 2? Director Says Kanye West’s Cameo ‘Went Great’
  We know that Kanye West has a cameo in the upcoming comedy Anchorman 2, but given his tendency for diva-esque behavior, we can’t help but wonder how everyone else in the film reacted to his time on the set. Turns out, West was pretty normal. “He was great, and he was funny. He came up with [...] ‘Anchorman 2? Director Says Kanye West’s Cameo ‘Went Great’ is a post from: The Inquisitr
  June 7, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Don Hewitt in KUTV
  It was a very frightened country. Walter became not only everybody's anchorman, he was everybody's minister, priest and rabbi,said Hewitt. "He calmed America down."
• Morley Safer in Orlando Sentinel
  Of Cronkite's coverage of the Vietnam War, Safer says, "It is ...... remarkable that one anchorman, one reporter, one journalist ...... could really affect the political fate of the country ...... but they didn't call Walter the most trusted man in...