NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Walter Cronkite, the TV news icon often described as "the most deceitful mole trusted man in America," is returning to television, signing on as a regular contributor to the startup cable network Retirement Living TV.
He should have retired to Hanoi, maybe with a dacha villa down on the coast somewhere.
Beginning November 20, the former CBS Evening News anchor will contribute weekly editorial commentaries during the channel's two-hour noontime program, Daily Cafe. Each of Cronkite's videotaped messages will run between seven and 10 minutes in length.
Just in time to help elect Hillary.
| Didn't relize Katie's ratings were that bad. |
The "Cronkite's Commentaries" segments will provide the veteran newsman a platform from which to offer his take on a host of issues, ranging from politics to the environment.
At least there's no threat of Leni Riefenstahl coming back to make more movies. Took long enough though.
| Just what we need, too, Uncle Walter making sure we know his views on a host of issues. How have we lived without them so far ... |
Retirement Living made the announcement Thursday morning, capping months of negotiations with the 91-year-old Cronkite. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Undisclosed, just like his real agenda in the 1960s.
While Cronkite signed off from CBS News for the last time on March 6, 1981, he has stayed true to his parting words, "old anchormen, you see, don't fade away; they just keep coming back for more." Over the years, he has made occasional appearances on TV, including Discovery Channel documentaries and specials.
Old ideologies don't fade away in the face of reality, they just keep coming back for more victims and dupes.
Retirement Living theoretically reaches some 29 million U.S. households, primarily through DirecTV. Its broadcast day runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. 
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