The most trusted man in America has died. Walter Cronkite, the voice of CBS news, particularly to aging baby boomers like myself, brought the news home in a way that we’ll never forget.
Before the emergence of Fox News and CNN, the events that shaped the sixties and seventies were brought home to us via television on CBS news. His story-telling ability was second to none. The assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK, the historic moon landing of 1969, and those day to day broadcasts, year in and year old, earned him the trust from America.
When he closed his shows with ‘ And that’s the way it is’, you know he meant it…
As a journalist, I can say that his presence on television inspired this reporter.
Uncle Walter, you will be missed.
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