Horse Sh*t. Generation X is commonly referred to as the Generation following the The Baby Boomers, (1946-1964)AKA “The Greatest Pain in the Ass Generation.”
Generation X is generally referred as those born between 1965 - 1980. The members of this generation would have ranged in age from a maximum age of 16 and a minimum age of less than 1 year old at the time that Cronkite retired. The one thing that all Baby boomers have in common is a conscious memory of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush as presidents, and the fall of the Soviet Union.
The idea that anyone in My generation would be morning the loss of a person whom they had little to no conscious memory of is ridiculous on its face.
I agree. I was in diapers when Cronkite retired as anchor. Generation X grew up with Dan Rather an anchor of CBS news.
I was born in 1956. I thought most of the Boomers were jerks then, and I feel that way now. I hated all the conflict, screaming, and sarcasm they threw at everyone back then. I was so tired of “My Generation.”
I used to turn the news off because I couldn’t bear watching our soldiers struggle in that awful situation. When I heard Cronkite had died I felt absolutely nothing. He had no impact on me at all.
This guy is full of it. Generation X had very little to do with Cronkite but since the writer is an Xer and liked Cronkite he wants to do the usual neat little generation packaging that the media does.