Walter Cronkite Dies

This man was the best. Now I feel kind of bad chastising him awhile back. But he was "The Most Trusted Man in America," a consummate professional and simply the best. There are none like him left and I doubt very highly we will see his kind again.

Of course, I wasn't around for his coverage of the moon landing (did you see the pride on his face and excitement as he rubbed his hands together? Watch it on the tribute video below) or his historic announcement of the death of President Kennedy (as his his voice cracked when he did, I believe the only time he wavered in his stoic professional career) as well as the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy.





President Lyndon Johnson knew he had lost the support of the American people over the Vietnam War when after a Cronkite report from the field, when he stated, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost America."

It would be nice if today's "journalists" had Cronkite's integrity, class and professionalism. You just know he had to be shuddering at today's bias and the inserting of opinion into the news. As the article says, this man personified television journalism.

Rest in peace, Walter. God's speed. You will be missed.