Walter Cronkite on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Anchor/reporter Walter Cronkite talks about his hours of broadcasting on November 22, 1963, including the moment when he announced the death of President Kennedy and nearly broke down. He explains that rare display of emotion:

"We in the news, and television news in particular...operate very much like emergency personnel...Our adrenaline flows faster. We’ve got a job to do. We’re doing the job and we’re concentrating on that rather than the emotional impact...And not until you have to hit that punch line that he’s dead does it come to you, the full emotional meaning of this thing. And that’s what hit me at the time."

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