Posted on 07/25/2009 7:42:52 PM PDT by balls
It's time for a post-Cronkite post-mortem, but not on the late "icon" himself the "most trusted man in America," the "voice of G-d," "the gold standard," the "proxy for a nation," or, in plainer English, the lush-lived celebrity "anchor" who died this month at age 92. No, the Cronkite post-mortem that's needed is for the zombies who conjured up the hollow rapture and the living dead who fell for it.
Harsh words? You bet. But I don't know how else to begin to assess a nation that sees fit to celebrate, crown, even worship a man who said his "proudest moment" was when he declared on CBS, having misinterpreted the 1968 Tet offensive as a victory for North Vietnam, that the Vietnam war was unwinnable for the United States. "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost middle America," almost every Cronkite obituary approvingly quoted President Lyndon B. Johnson as having said in response never mind that Cronkite was flat-out wrong in his reporting.
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I like Diana West whenever I’ve seen her. Has anyone read her book Grown Up Adult (or something like that).
I find it hilarious that “the most trusted man in America” has been replaced by a clown on the Comedy channel. Fitting Tribute.
whatever happened to "reporting" the news?......it died with Walter...
I remember when the book came out and I saw her on Book TV oncspan2 but I could not find the boo at the bookstore.
Think my daughter found it for me on Amazon for Father’s Day last year......
You can buy it here:
The photo links to her website.
He deserved a vivisection.
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