"It is to explain why Cronkite's death matters today. If you came of news consumption age after the dawn of cable news and the Internet, you have not known a time when commentators did not scream at each other, when they did not express political views, when shedding a tear when the president was gunned down was actually controversial because it showed emotion. -- Al Tompkins,
Poynter OnlineWCTV, the lone television station in Tallahassee, Florida during the 1950s and 1960s, was a CBS affiliate,
Published on July 18, 2009 08:17