And Now The Last Best Television Broadcaster Is Gone. And That's The Way It Is.

The halcyon days of Walter Cronkite were before my time, so I don't quite know how special he was to the country. But if he was (is?) "the most trusted man in America," well, that's something to admire.

I want (and still want) to be a sportscaster, emulating no one in particular. But I do know his honesty, integrity and hard work. And I think others do, too. In fact, I think that anyone who's in broadcast journalism now, especially TV reporters, want to be like Cronkite. I mean, who in the hell gets into the business because they want to be Maury Povich?

Rest In Peace, Mr. Cronkite.