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<I>By Lora Victorio and Patrick Day, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers </I>

Walter Cronkite

( Associated Press )

By Lora Victorio and Patrick Day, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

Education and experience used to be essential to a journalism career, but beauty often gets more attention than brains these days. Heres a look at newscasters through the years who have had to prove (or not prove) that theyre more than just a pretty face.

Walter Cronkite

Network: CBS

When: 1962-1981

Cronkite was "the most trusted man in America," but the sexiest? There's something about guys named Walt that inspires feelings of paternal comfort rather than amorous leering.

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8. Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN

9. Bill Plaschke: Dodgers put a low price on decades of experience

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