Saturday, July 18, 2009

RIP, Walter Cronkite: Fave Quotes About His Impact

When an icon like Michael Jackson or Walter Cronkite dies, journalists memorialize by summarizing their impact. Time's "The Death of Peter Pan" was the best article I have read on Michael Jackson. Mark Washburn's article for The Record of New Jersey had some gems about Cronkite. Here are two:
"He took us around the planet and to the moon."
"Television’s speed, reach and impact had come of age, and Cronkite’s Midwestern timbre provided the soundtrack."
-Mark Washburn, McClatchy Newspapers

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