1968 King Assassination Report (CBS News)

[@sketchbook8706]

Walter spent the sixties announcing the deaths of good men.

[@kylegoppy6072]

sketchbook so true

[@chopvansuey]

Not his fault

[@michaeljdonoughjr9558]

I agree with you

[@vernpascal1531]

Yes and he thought Lee Harvey Oswald and James Earl Ray acted alone. Not much of a profile in courage, more like a profile in cowardice.

[@Mikecoatl]

And now David Muir reports on the antics of charlatans.

[@ginnymiller2448]

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[@thomashallman5436]

agreed ginny there ain t no room in this country we call the u.s. of a states for any form of hate when will it ever end ginny

[@ineffablebeing4276]

Why is it that men of peace tend to meet violent ends? One of the cruel ironies of life I suppose.

[@GhoulishGrinMedia]

Mordecai Goldblatt They're the ones brave enough to call for change for future generations and risk their lives to do so.

[@kingicicle]

Mordecai Goldblatt Please remove your profile picture and change your username. I think Dr. King would appreciate that.

[@stevencoardvenice]

America is a violent angry racist armed society

[@yoloswaggins1579]

Because peace opposes violence, and so the violent will oppose it.

[@2000Betelgeuse]

He was a hipocrite, having multiple affairs while being a preacher, he was fucking one gal at this very hotel the day of the shooting

[@socalpimp1974]

They read the news as if the medium was radio, interesting how now the visual is more important than the news itself

[@selfexplanitory]

+John Walsh True and the news back then was more accurate than it is today with all this technology

[@joshuarodriguez6795]

+selfexplanitory how?

[@Eazz34]

+Joshua Rodriguez Because everything on tv is dumbed down today and in society in general. The tv is not and never was a source for education.

[@selfexplanitory]

Thank you Frank

[@kevinzhang3313]

It was always heading this way, that's only cuz it was in its infancy

[@BigKev0019]

is it me or was america alot more serious back then

[@FreshPrincex4]

yes..now it's a joke & I'm only 17

[@Mryrhodesian]

Absolutely.

[@Ryguy-lg2xz]

Different generarion

[@Zerta788]

Or they just didnt care about his death.

[@lakers8054]

Yes it was, it's sad what the world has come to and it's only getting worse

[@bronxbreed27]

MLK knew his time was coming and he was not scared he knew his soul was going to god. Same for Malcolm X. That brotha smiled at his assassins. God's children never fear death.

[@marykershner8726]

bronxbreed27 MLK was a man of peace.R.I.P. Malcom x turned muslim. And, they killed him.

[@kevinzhang3313]

Malcolm X was murdered by his own people who thought he got too peaceful lmao

[@mrjones29]

I like this what you say. Very true.

[@orlandoblooom]

Kevin Zhang what? Get outta here

[@FragranceGame85]

@@orlandoblooom he was killed by his own people

[@christopherparrisjr.3146]

Poor Cronkite. He had to tell America about all of these killings, riots, and the war in Virtnam.

[@elifoust7664]

Christopher Parris, Jr. Vietnam too

[@Art--Deco]

Ya, almost as poor as the people who actually got shot.....

[@tron.44]

No wonder he had a coke habit

[@CharlesWhitford]

​@@tron.44Wait, Cronk had a COKE habit??? Seriously? No wonder he was high as a KITE during his live announcements.

[@lisascorp]

​@tron.44 Really? I've never heard that. I vaguely remember him I was pretty young when he was on. But they say he was the most trusted man in America. I can't see him. Now Dan Rather ...I could see that possibility.

[@allen-7335]

Rest in peace Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[@tim19962]

Purpl3 h4ze a great one

[@allen-7335]

AnthonyNicGaming RBLX ?

[@Gocubs2345]

@@allen-7335 O Wow

[@Gocubs2345]

@@tim19962 o wow

[@annettewilcox5413]

MLK said “I may not get there with you”. He knew they were out to get him.

[@queenluci6664]

such a beautiful, charismatic, powerful voice. He is still missed to this day.

[@cultured33]

I remember that report like yesterday...5 years of age.

[@RJ-uu3ph]

i remember as well. i was 32

[@Endsomniac]

So you're 80 years old Raymond J?

[@RJ-uu3ph]

yes that is correct

[@FreshPrincex4]

damn..god bless you for being able to use technology sir

[@anonUK]

Qosomo Between them, the SJWs, BLM, Trump and the "alt-right" have coaxed some really nasty POS out of the woodwork recently. It's one thing to fear Islam or see yourself as part of a white community, but there are some people out there saying stuff that shouldn't even be whispered on the fringes.

[@newchapters5831]

I'm not gonna lie I literally just graduated out of HS and every time this is brought up I'm very emotional. God bless him for his courage for our country no matter if your white, black, arabic, Chinese anything we may be different in race but we are one united and together. Rest in Peace, not to forget Happy Birthday.

[@thomashallman5436]

agreed i wish these racist bastards saw it our way man i truly apologize for my profanity but not for my extreme anger towards hateful jerks

[@fuzzywzhe]

Ah, back in the day you could actually get news on the television.

[@isiahsloan8747]

Nowadays its news when a celebrity gets a puppy

[@CesarGA12]

Because people aren't getting assinated?

[@fuzzywzhe]

Cesar Galvez *"Because people aren't getting assinated?"* Because when people are assassinated, it isn't reported as an assassination. For example, Gary Webb. You know, the guy that demonstrated a link between the CIA and inner city drug trafficking, who was fired from his job at the San Jose Mercury News, sued them for an undisclosed amount, won the lawsuit, was blacklisted from the industry and "committed suicide" by shooting himself in the head. Twice. Ever hear about that? No? What passes for "media" today, is nothing more than government propaganda. Find those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq yet? No? Well, I expect at least who was responsible for that "mistake" was rooted out of government and removed from power due to their sheer incompetence. No? Gee, I wonder why...

[@isiahsloan8747]

fuzzywzhe I'm normally one to reject conspiracy theories but after doing a bit of research on Gary Webb. It's hard to deny there's more to the story. Thank you.

[@fuzzywzhe]

Isiah Sloan *"I'm normally one to reject conspiracy theories"* First, anything that isn't Official Policy of your government (TM) is a "conspiracy theory". But there's plenty of false conspiracy theories. For example: Pizzagate: That's obviously false. You know how that can be spotted? In the emails leaked to wikileaks everybody in them talks OPENLY about criminal acts. Selling Ambassadorships to the highest bidder, colluding with the corporate media,, getting debate questions in advance, stiffing the vote for Sanders - but then it's all supposedly this weird keywords for child abuse. But here's a "conspiracy theory", Operation Ajax, Operation PBSuccess, Operation MKUltra. All these were "Conspiracy theories" when I was a kid. But all of them happened. Gary Webb maybe DID shoot himself twice in the head. It's *possible*. Don't draw conclusion either way. Doesn't really matter if he killed himself or not, the question that matters is - is the CIA running drugs? The answer is YES. Iran Contra proved that. You can see also by the massive increase in Opium production in Afghanistan since 2000. It was almost NOTHING back in 2000, now it's 80%+ of the world's supply. Taleban was certainly a terrible government, but they actually were anti opium, and they shut it down nearly completely.

[@CaptainDesiderio]

Rest In Peace Walter. I feel a true sense of loss.

[@Sheri451]

Dr King was a peace maker. It was a shame what happened to him. That happened forty-seven years ago today.

[@markpedroza7294]

Sheri451 I'm watching this and it's been 50 years ago..

[@gregorywheeler1980]

Too bad he really wasn't a peace maker he was talker and the dream failed

[@thelonestarpelican9343]

@@gregorywheeler1980 Wasn't entirely in vain. My generation (6 mths old during his assassination) grew up knowing in principle it's wrong do diss people because of skin color. It DID take hold. Even by the mid 70s (early elem sch yrs) I knew right well that you couldn't call for "Segregation now! Segregation Forever" without getting your ass handed back to you. Driving racism into the corners is far from ideal, true. But it was a HUGE boost. Unfortunately, this stuff takes at minimum a generation to totally marginalize. It'll probably be my lifetime before race is an irrelevancy (if it ever does become it) - and probably past my lifetime more likely if late 2010s events are a harbinger of things to come over the next 20 or 30 years. It's just time for every currently living generation to gear up and fight this resurgence - lead by example and call out racism when you see it.

[@rickjames8916]

Thank you for everything you did for Americans and the world Dr. Martin Luther King jr. Rest In Peace.

[@musicilya6674]

Kennedy + Lincoln and others too bro

[@wpsnick]

@@musicilya6674 shut up dh. This video is about MLK. Not Kennedy or Lincoln. Be gone !

[@AndrewSmith-ek4nc]

I think that Martin Luther King was a wonderful man

[@Kitneu23]

anybody in their right mind would agree

[@TS-qq7vr]

No frigging shit.

[@ItzSonic69]

Think? He WAS a wonderful man.

[@mikeanderson5772]

I think nice people are nice.

[@eazyj2888]

Andrew Smith You Think?

[@michaeljdonoughjr9558]

R.i.p Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968

[@floydpattersonii4996]

Walter Cronkite took us thru some of the most violent and shocking events throughout his career. The Most Trusted Man in America

[@bryanjensen2614]

One only wonders what great things he could have accomplished had he lived for 30-40 more years.

[@npatil85]

And jfk and jim morrison

[@bbenjoe]

He truly made a difference, not just in North-America, but also in Europe by bravely speaking out.

[@EricEbac22]

James Earl Ray died in January of 1998 while serving a life sentence.

[@jewdidnaziitthrumping4410]

EricEbac22 true patriot

[@missbleach8767]

good.

[@Toral3533]

Cronkite was the best. He was always first and foremost, a reporter. He has a bias, and never tried to hide it - -- he was liberal. But, he said, he always tried to be fair. Late in life, he had a short-lived column where he acknowledged the MSM's liberal bias, offered some explanations for it (e.g., reporters often start out covering horrible situations where big government seems to be the only answer), and suggested that the bias wasn't so important with the multiplicity of news sources we now have. He never tried to deny, as dolts like Rather did, that the MSM was liberal.

[@PaoloJeromeFernandez100899]

50 years later, the event still exists. And a legend is still alive.

[@stevemandl5140]

walter Cronkite is dead dude,where hav you been

[@holtridge7337]

Tomorrow it will have been 56 years. RIP Doctor King. You are never forgotten.

[@52298Beebop2]

I remember that day, I was in school and my teacher was in the hall-way talking to the principal of what has happened. My teacher said, "Class Dr. Martin Luther King Died". I was dismissed from school and everyone was in the streets running and crying mostly looting and Rioting. I was only eight at the time so I really didn't know why people were going crazy.

[@greg.pridgen85]

I can only imagine what your thoughts and feelings were as a kid growing up in the 60s, not understanding truly what was going on.

[@vernonpayne8869]

Was that the same day it happened or the next day?

[@poughkeepsiejohn1]

My God, I miss Walter Cronkite. He had such a great presence and a clear understanding of stories that affected all of us. Why can't reporters be like this today?

[@vintagegoldenage]

agree

[@RockSmithStudio]

one of the greatest man who ever lived. His death inspired/ still inspires millions.

[@gugga56]

Walter Cronkite will always be "my" news broadcaster. No one since has come close to his ability, tact, and compassion. A truly wonderful man whose death saddens me very deeply. I grew up with him giving the news every evening. He was like part of our family.

[@mmarie294]

I so remember watching the one TV we had at home, mom started crying...there was an overwhelming silence and we knew not to talk. Dad just shook his head and I knew something real big had happened. April 4, 1968 RIP Dr. King

[@stevemandl5140]

why would anyone cry over this? if people knew the real truth about MLK no one would care.MLK cheated on his wife,typical black man behavior.he plagiarized one of his speeches.theres probably other things too we don't know about MLK that aren't good.

[@agob4924]

@@stevemandl5140 was not expecting to find an unionic fucking racist in this comment section. God damn

[@vastshade4548]

Holy crap it has beast quality for that time

[@koolsteins]

Thank magnetic tape for that. :)

[@ceilingsandfloors]

The colour reproduction is good but TV cameras and professional videotape were never that good even in the 1960s (still better than VHS though) compared to film, it was just a much cheaper alternative when it came to editing and archiving in Television. I urge you to watch some of the restored clips of the Beatles on youtube. Or scenes from the blueray release of "The Prisoner". Or any blueray release of a sixties movie. Film was always great quality, just most of it was never preserved properly over the years and most people never payed attention to how high definition it was until HD video and LCD screens came in.

[@Delaware84]

I can't imagine what my grandmother could have thought or felt when this happened....every time I think about it it makes me want to cry

[@maxr5799]

Walter Cronkite was literally and figuratively an anchor. Every weeknight you saw him and heard him no matter what happened during the day. He was a constant in the lives of millions of Americans from 1962 to 1981.

[@TheRenard10]

50 years yet, his dream still dreams on. 🛌💤💤

[@vh7637]

Tom Harvy sad

[@Aviation380]

Tom Harvy who hurt you?

[@giantqtipz8117]

Tom Harvy lol you feel victimized dont you? maybe you need to be breastfed some more. blaming others for your own goddamn problems like a big baby.

[@markhelton6128]

He was a racist, communist, womanizer who got what he deserved.

[@weefishy9129]

His dreams of socialism and reparations? Yes, they do.

[@jonbhoffman]

Really? You put an ad for CSI over this video? Shame CBS

[@strafrag1]

RIP Dr.King. You did so much for everyone. Thank you.

[@CharlesWhitford]

Funny calling someone a doctor when they never earned a PhD or MD.

[@RealTime88]

A good man. A great news anchor. Never missed a beat and always told it the weay it was. I will never forget him. Thank you Uncle Walter. RIP!!!

[@dewlove]

Hey CBS....how can you think it is anywhere near appropriate to embed a link to "watch your favorite CSI episode" in this video!?!??!

[@DiscipleOfHeavyMeta1]

I love Cronkite's tone. His voice is so soothing.

[@valmid5069]

"In honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.’s memory we also acknowledge non-violence as a truly powerful weapon to achieve equality and liberation--in fact, the only weapon that Christians who struggle for social change can claim as their own...,Examine history. Who gets killed in the case of violent revolution? The poor, the workers. The people of the land are the ones who give their bodies and don’t really gain that much for it. We believe it is too big a price to pay for not getting anything. Those who espouse violence exploit people. To call men to arms with many promises, to ask them to give up their lives for a cause and then not produce for them afterwards, is the most vicious type of oppression" ---Cesar Chavez, He Showed Us The Way

[@kascnef]

50 years later we still remember what happened and we were saddened. He was only 39 when the unthinkable happened. It inspired u2 to write what happened in their hit song pride in the name of love.

[@barnesbarnes994]

This was a Great Man with an awesome message.. Peace... who really wants this anymore? I Do.

[@yourboycam2698]

May his legacy live on forever

[@yettimannettii2039]

that legacy isn't doing so well is it...

[@clippedbykenny5309]

Rest easy Mr Dr Martin Luther King ❤❤😢😢

[@stonedkhalifa5940]

Who remembers our friend martin?

[@Barnstormer1969]

It's really cool to see vintage programming like this one. Not only does it shows what television programming is like in those days, but what life was like.

[@Airsoftcleaner]

RIP Walter Cronkite,You will be greatly missed.

[@BianicEpicVideos]

Not MLK huh?

[@DubieDuwop-tk8mm]

​@@BianicEpicVideosthat's what I'm saying like that's all you got from this

[@brianchristopher3816]

I love how he pulled out his earpiece. I wonder if at some point he was going to go off script. I hope so.

[@NinerCupcakes]

God bless MLK.

[@williamlambert7928]

I was born 20 days after this happened.

[@harleylawdude]

After this assassination my father was seen crying - the only time in his adult life he was ever known to cry.

[@chrissystewart6268]

April 4th 2022 the 54th Anniversary of MLK's Assassination. I thank MLK for what He did for America. If MLK was still living I would say Dr. King you're one of my heroes in History I thank you for what you did .

[@curtisjones400]

"Somewhere I Read" -We lost a great man

[@djmixwell]

From JFK - MLK , Cronkite has reported the worst tragedies America has ever seen

[@frankcarone6]

i am a italian american a I LOVED MARTIN LUTHER KING ,he was a great man ,GOD BLESS MARTIN LUTHER KING

[@ustheserfs]

"But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop … I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land" MLK Jr's final speech

[@10TVMan]

For those who never were fortunate enough to get their news from Walter Cronkite, you missed an era of television news and news gathering in general that we will likely never see again. It was pure, honest, meaningful. Unlike the so-called newscasts of today, if you missed Cronkite's newscast, you really did miss the news of the day.

[@raymondhopwood9393]

He wasn't called "the Most Trusted Man in America" for nothing. RIP Walter.

[@pauldavis7310]

Since I grew up in a town that was an NBC affiliate we always watched NBC News.

[@EntertaningAmerica]

I have always felt that Hoover and his FBI had something to do with the assassination.

[@hoss73ford]

+Entertaining America I wouldn't put it past him. Hoover was evil to say the least.

[@Mochic45]

Well investigations concluded that the Govt had him killed

[@madmanbob6744]

JustTrynaGraduate maybe

[@TS-qq7vr]

Your feelings should be registered into the police evidence locker.

[@TS-qq7vr]

James Pickle Puffer Way to talk about being hateful...

[@Chrisiant]

God bless Dr.King, may his memory be eternal. And may the memory of what he did, the dignity and integrity of a Christian man who did as he believed still resonate on this earth, and inspire others.

[@okrkyokrky]

The Greatest News Anchor/Journalist of all time.

[@jessegibson7734]

Every time I see those sound byte clips of the previous night I tear up for what could have been and shake my head 😭🤧

[@BenNCM]

What an amazing human being Dr King was. RIP

[@manhbx96]

43 years ago its still ringing in our heads lets honor Martin Luther King and Walter Cronkite for their contributions to American society

[@omegusalpha7233]

Rest in Peace Dr. King

[@StephenLuke]

RIP Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

[@nashshaffer6235]

“The Bullet exploded in his face”….Jesus 😢 Lord Have Mercy

[@tonyajohnson1059]

I remember the news report..I was 6. It really frightened me..He was a good man..He only wanted equal rights for all..He was a brave man..

[@TheTerryE]

This was the BEGINNING of the news report, not near the end ...

[@Tuxicat62]

I remember when this happened. I was in my room listening to the radio, when AM was king, and the report came on. I remember watching "Uncle Walter" (as we called Walter Cronkite) reporting and then LBJ talking. RIP Martin Luther King, Jr.

[@DC-ho8oe]

When the news was reported on and not speculated about and with no hyperbole. I miss those days.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Dr. King was one of the most peaceful and respectful speakers to live in America.

[@Mat7920H]

Who's watching on 4 April 2018?

[@doslion]

50 yrs ago today.

[@jalonglover5913]

Thank you MLK Jr.

[@anthonyarriaga4915]

Today marks 56 year's of Martin Luther King assassination.

[@KelinCarias_8382]

Im white but I like martin Luther King Jr

[@buddybarlow9604]

Give the fuck off of youtube.

[@kicksonfire5105]

James Barlow learn how to fucking spell

[@GothamCityWrestling713]

Good for you.

[@KelinCarias_8382]

Dazy Kid Im not saying that i dont like black people

[@KelinCarias_8382]

no

[@stonedkhalifa5940]

Why are white peoples ears so big? 👂🏻

[@rickjames8916]

Stoned Khalifa When you figure that one out let us know.

[@maximalia44]

Black people's nose though

[@kylegoppy6072]

Thomzd true

[@zavex4512]

Your ears and nose never stop growing, so in theory when you're old you'd have big-ass ears

[@WombatLoveAffair]

Why are black people lips so huge?

[@jessyleppert2]

52 years later on April 4th, 2020 my dad died

[@ChavareayJackson]

Rev.Dr Martin Luther King Jr 1929-1968

[@morisadatumoridiva5394]

RIP MARTIN LUTHER KING. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ADVICE.

[@PC-lu3zf]

Classic these were the days of great journalism.

[@RBAILEY57]

I was 10 years old then. The country was coming apart that Spring. There was widespread shock and disbelief.

[@StevenDFenrich]

Thanks Tiffany for posting this, but you made the final cut at a very bad time ("Maybe he was trying to prove something") Completing Cronkite's sentence were the resolute words "Well maybe he DID"...

[@aubreemiokiyolinn]

I never got a chance to thank him for all he has done 😩😍 live on baby

[@reilgs]

Dear Steve: The greatest thing he did for me was to make me realize that all of this worlds truly great minds and souls have all express that peace and brotherhood are the way to live one's life .Thank you my friend

[@duranddavis7710]

First the sound is excellent, second no teleprompters.

[@jonesy4588]

thanks James

[@java2guava]

1968. That truly wasn’t too long ago. The fight for equality continues on.

[@Supertron1]

For who?

[@julianG1212]

George Floyd would be conservative today

[@jerryross6898]

Here today, 2024. Just thinking how much we need you here now I’m lost for words

[@Trund27]

Absolutely. Well said

[@iVenge]

I don't get the timeline on this. King was shot at 7:01 Eastern, and died just over an hour later, after 8 PM. The Evening News would have aired at 6:30, right? What am I missing here? Also, the info says that Cronkite had almost finished broadcasting when he received word of the news, but this clearly shows an opening of the news cast.

[@Etobeeshawn]

+iVenge I remember reading up on all this before, but that was many years ago, so my response is going by pure memory, so I apologize if my facts are not up to par (I was born in '73 but I studied to death the whole decade and everything '60s when I was growing up in the '80s) but my memory says this would be the West Coast feed of the newscast, which I think they did live back in them days, even though it was 9:30pm Eastern, which is 6:30pm Pacific time. But prior to this newscast, there was inserts of news bulletins (what we call breaking news these days) to inform of the assassination, and this is the full newscast of CBS Evening News for the West coast, with the latest updates and developments. I also recall reading that once the riots broke out in over 100 U.S. cities following the assassination, all networks pre-empted their programming to cover the post-assassination riots, the worse of them being in DC, Detroit, and Chicago. I hope I've answered the best I can. Like I said, I was born in '73 but I was obsessed with the 1960s and couldn't get enough of it; pop culture, news, politics, fashions, music, movies, television, wars, revolutions, riots, protests, international crisis, unrest, violence, assassinations, and not just in the U.S. but around the world and I have to say that the '60s, in my opinion, was THE most violent decade of the 20th century, at least, if not in history (even more violent than the years of the two World Wars and Depression) - how the planet survived that decade is beyond me. Imagine Pearl Harbour, JFK assassination AND 9/11 all on one day...and to me, that was the '60s

[@iVenge]

thank you for that detailed response.

[@sd31263]

Roughly 70 million human beings lost their lives in World War II, and you think the 1960s were more violent? 58,000 American troops died in Vietnam, but 406,000 - seven times as many - were killed in WWII. You may be obsessed with Sixties pop culture, but you seem to know little of the decade's actual history.

[@brycelandon6387]

Dang, the footage of Walter Cronkite is so crisp and clear that it looks like it could have been aired yesterday!

[@kellyoxo2818]

When journalism was respectable.

[@dorothylewis4185]

They donot make reporters like this anymore always love watching WALTER.

[@timconklin2050]

This must have been a special broadcast for the west coast. King was shot at 7:01pm EDT and died at 8:05pm EDT, long after CBS' 6:30 & 7:00 EDT broadcasts. The King shooting might've made it into the 7:00 broadcast, but they wouldn't have known he was dead yet.

[@timconklin2050]

Here's the actual CBS special report delivered by Cronkite shortly after King's death. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ3HZZZmn9-fra8

[@CPTR111]

44 years ago to the day. RIP Dr. King

[@terribleTed-ln6cm]

If it happened today , the news media would be blaming Trump and Russia.

[@dootuss83]

Now you're just being silly.

[@TheRealIronMan]

If it happened today, Trump supporters would be cheering as another SJW "got what they deserve", when king was alive half of the white population hated him, FBI sent him death threats.

[@multifandomvideos3275]

Cant believe this was 50 years ago

[@jakubwidlarz]

To think he was five whole years younger than my dad when he died of stomach cancer.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Dr. King was a great man who wanted what was best for everyone on this earth. He wanted everybody to have peace and love for every person of their race.

[@popartcats]

Martin Luther King was one of the Greatest. Rest in Peace