I just figured out, with your article, why I hate it so much.
Cronkite's jingle “and that’s the way it is" was used to kill any other opinion or viewpoint, he was the "truth sage" to many viewers. He definitely wasn't.
I HATE the new phrase “It is what it is”
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Used by the same people who say about the current situation: “I can’t change what is happening around me; I can only change my reaction to it.”
Spare me.