RIP, Walter Cronkite

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Walter Cronkite (who has just died, aged 92) and Charles Kuralt (who died in 1997) were the first television personalities I could name who weren't on Sesame Street or Star Trek. You don't seem to get news anchors like them anymore, at least not on U.S. news.

You get blustering demagogues like Keith Olbermann and Glenn Beck, or empty suits with good hair who argue with newsroom staff about whether a 2nd plane just hit the World Trade Centre.

(No, I don't like Keith Olbermann, even if I usually agree with him.)

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I used to watch Cronkite on You Are There as a kid. He would cover historical events as though they were news stories. I loved it.

I know he was getting on, but very sad to hear of his passing. It's like the end of an era in responsible journalism.