Donald Trump, Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin – Barbara Walters got them all in front of the camera. Now the great TV journalist has died. An obituary.
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Willie Winkler
American television has always relied on men, men who could break the news succinctly and then lull viewers off to a good night’s sleep. Bob Dylan and Martin Walser sang praise for the always reliable sandman Walter Cronkite in different pitches. There were no women in this business, they had to serve, maybe they rose from secretary to picture filler, to copywriter, but before Barbara Walters it was not foreseen that they would have their say.