I saw this last night. But this irritated me...all the 24-hour news networks were talking about this as I saw it when I turned on Countdown with Keith Olbermann (he and Rachel Maddow are the only things I watch on 24-hour news, more for entertainment than news, I get news from other sources) and both shows had good, respectable coverage of Cronkite. Fox News was also covering Cronkite. However, CNN or one of its secondary networks that we get (I think it was CNN global news...?) was letting Nancy Grace banter on about a missing baby after this journalism icon had died. Seriously?!
Nancy Grace is a true insult to journalism sometimes and to have her rant about one missing kid of many that day after Walter Cronkite died...
...I really wish she'd just get her own network to cover her select missing child/missing college girl stories of the day and let CNN stick with real news.
To Cronkite...he's a journalism icon without a doubt, and knew the difference between delivering news and commenting on it. Covered so many of the most important stories of the 20th century: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the moon landing (hot dog!) and so much more. He'll be missed.