End of An Era: The Venerable Newsman, Walter Cronkite Passes from This World at Age 92

Right Wing wackoism was not part of the Cronkite era. People could trust Walter Cronkite. We will never be able to have that same trust again with regard to any media.

To me Cronkite was not just a man reading the news- if he said it--- I believed it. He had everything a journalist should have-- spotless integrity, a deep gravely voice that gave him gravitas and a gracious manner. He was a legend in his own time.

Somehow, no matter how bad the news was- you always felt reassured after Walt told you "and that's the way it is".

As a young immigrant to this great country, Walter Cronkite was my window into the United States.

He was almost America to me.

I'll never forget him.

Dorian de Wind

And he was a hell of a sailor, too!.. Rest in peace Walter.

Ahh. . this is the first i have heard of Mr Cronkrite

everything he said . . .was true, never questioned it. . . every other voice, but not Walter Cronkite. . . such a solid .substantial . voice and man . . . he spoke to the people not to the cameras never a sense of cocking for power or ratings. . so many memories with Water Cronkite , Kennedy, the Moon landing, the Vietnam War, Patricia Hurst, burning bras, the plight of the poor, farmers, steel workers, coal miners, and on and on from up state New York to Texas. . . back when America was real people before everything became about the Beltway with all the politicans . . . he was Adult and a voice that held us all rather than split us. . . he was somebody really important . . . and sure. . .

Truly a great one . . . May he rest in peace and goodness. . .

Walter Cronkite leaves a lasting memory of my youth. His voice projected authority and he commanded respect for the events that he reported. His death is the end of a generation of authentic dedication to the facts versus the daily dose of propaganda we must endure today. Good night and God bless you.

The trust we placed in him goes with him. Sadly, his death in some way represents the death of journalism as we knew it. Like Edward Morrow before him he did not betray the public trust.
The sadness deepens when we see what exists for journalism today.

Oh I mean not to despair the whole, one has to look for trustworthy informants/journos, but they are out there............just not like Walter-- available, large as life, every night in your living room on the smaller undigitized screen......they are mostly hidden in uncorporatized cyberspace.......the Wildness sphere......

Cronkite -- when asked what is his biggest regret -- says
"What do I regret? Well, I regret that in our attempt to establish some standards, we didn't make them stick. We couldn't find a way to pass them on to another generation." Great article by Glenn Greenwald http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/18-4

Fare the well, old man, come back some time to report on your other world adventures........