Walter Cronkite, who pioneered and then mastered the role of television news anchorman with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America, died today at the age of 92.
Update: Rachel Maddow talks with Dan Rather about Cronkite’s passing and legacy.
Pathological Derangement Update: Ah yes, cue the hyenas of the Right.
Red Tory v.3.0.3 
I’ve been watching MSNBC when they announced it. It’s been amusing to say the least to listen to those who’s brand a journalism is so far removed from the Cronkite to talk about his influence. Although there have been a couple of the more senior anchors that have alluded to how far what passes for journalism today has strayed from Cronkite’s ideal.
That’s the way it was – how true. It is no longer. The quality of journalism is so pathetic these days. He was partisan – registered independant. He angered both sides of the aisle at times.
He was honest and direct and didn’t try to prove to you he had a flowery vocabulary.
Today we’ve got the likes of O’Reilly and Hannity and 24/7 Michael Jackson or Anna Nichole Smith or any other celebrity nonsense.
All we got today is “opinion” – partisan gotcha opinion. I could get that from my neighbour.
I was watching the day Kennedy was shot. It was exam time when you only went to school to write your exams – instead of studying I was watching TV.
Whoops – meant to say he (Cronkite) was NOT partisan….
“pinko cronkite.” – archie bunker
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What did Meathead think? LOL
I remember the day Kennedy was shot, vaguely but I saw a rerun of it a few years back, and Cronkite was quite an anchorman and extremely interesting…. I stayed up to see the landing on the moon, and Walter was great,…… he shall be missed.
Strange with him going at this time so close to the 40th of the moon landing, but we notice coincidences like that when they don’t really mean anything.
Unless you’re a conspiracy theorist, in which case, there’s no such thing as a meaningless coincidence…
For those who missed it first time around…
LOL – too funny, too true. This JibJab one should go around again as a reminder what we are missing.
This post by Glenn Greenwald says everything that I wanted to say when I saw the vacuous ninnies of cable news attempting to put themselves in the same job category as Cronkite.