In Walter Cronkite’s long career he more than earned the affectionate nickname "Uncle Walter" and "The Most Trusted Man In America." He wasn’t in it for the ratings or the money, though he was always on top, he was there to bring us the
news, both good and bad. When Walter Cronkite said it, you knew it was the truth. Our most emotional moments as a nation were reported by this man who was one of the first to chance broadcasting on that wacky new invention the television.
He was with us in one form or another from Normandy to D-Day, the emotional tragedies such as the assassination of President Kennedy, and the Jubilant moon landing. He may well have hastened the end of the Viet Nam war with his nightly coverage.
He was rightly worried about the fate of journalism, and I fear we won’t see the like of him again. "And that’s the way it is," good-night Uncle Walter.