Cronkite died yesterday. Watching the current news coverage and maudlin commentary from the reports really drives home how far the US news media has fallen since the time “the most trusted man in America” was at the helm.

It would have been simply unthinkable for Cronkite to call a guest a “pinhead”, yell at or insult an interviewee, or to cut a guest’s mic when they say something with which he disagreed.

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