And That's The Way It Is

With the passing of Walter Cronkite, it will be interesting to see if there's a media frenzy that's anything like the over-the-top orgy of coverage and tributes the accompanied Tim Russert's death last summer. Cronkite was 10 times the journalist and historic figure that Russert was. But I suspect he won't get one-tenth the coverage. How sad. I hope I'm wrong.

R.I.P. Walter.

PS: Sitcom writer/sportscaster Ken Levine has a terrific and appropriately terse appreciation of Cronkite.

Comments

[Dan Woog]

I also suspect Walter Cronkite won't have a funeral at the Staples Center -- though he had quite a bit more impact on our country than that other guy.

[Bob]

And now that he's gone, there's some evidence (http://www.timepolls.com/hppolls/archive/poll_results_417.html) that America's most-trusted "newscaster" is Jon Stewart.

Which says a lot about the state of TV journalism in this country.