满头白发、下颏丰满、说话略带密苏里州乡音的克朗凯特,给美国电视观众留下了和蔼可亲、稳重可靠的“沃尔特大叔”的形象.他那平凡朴实的言谈举止别有一番风度,无数观众倾倒在他的魅力之下.据美国盖洛普民意测验调查结果,克朗凯特在美国人民心目中的威望比总统还高,以致有人说:“如果他站在总统旁边,也许会有人问:跟克朗凯特站在一起的是谁?” His white hair, his chin plump, his voice talking to Miss Cronkite of Missouri’s accent, left a delightful, steady and reliable image of “Uncle Walter” to American television viewers. Dumping under his charm.According to the Gallup Poll survey in the United States, Cronkite’s prestige in the eyes of the American people is higher than the president, so that someone said: "If he stood next to the president, may be asked: with Who is Cronkite standing together?