Correction: Obit-Walter Cronkite
By APWednesday, August 5, 2009
Correction: Obit-Walter Cronkite
NEW YORK — In a July 18 obituary of Walter Cronkite, The Associated Press, relying on published accounts including Cronkite’s memoir, reported erroneously that “cronkiter” was used in Sweden and the Netherlands as a term for “TV anchorman.” Olof Hulten, a journalism educator in Sweden, and Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Expert Desk say the term is unknown in their countries.
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