What was Walter Cronkite's departing catchphrase?
"Stay tuned"
"That's all folks"
"And that's the way it is"
"Good night and good luck."
Answer
"And that's the way it is" was Walter Cronkite's departing catchphrase. It was his signature sign-off at the end of his nightly news broadcast on CBS, which he anchored for 19 years. The phrase became so well known that it was used in popular culture, and even as the title of a 1974 documentary about Cronkite.
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