Walter Cronkite is dead.
To those of us of a certain age-who now have to confront the daily morass that is the news media these days-not having Walter Cronkite on the scene is just a tremendous loss.
Walter Cronkite was unique man- a died in the wool print journalist who made the transition to TV. He reported the major events of the 20th century and while he obviously had strong opinions on the issues of the day (s) he was not the opinionated hacks we see on the networks today. (Especially on the sewer that is Fox news these days- I wonder what Mr Cronkite had to say about Glenn Beck).
Its a tremendous loss for the country.
Watch this interview with him about his famous editorial about Vietnam, given at the height of the Tet offensive:
They don’t make journalists like that anymore. And the new age of TV won’t create anyone like him. Guess I’m lucky to say I got to see him and the folks he trained.