Glenn Greenwald
Saturday July 18, 2009 07:19 EDTCelebrating Cronkite while ignoring what he did
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In other words, Cronkite's best moment was when he did exactly that which the modern journalist today insists they must not ever do -- directly contradict claims from government and military officials and suggest that such claims should not be believed. These days, our leading media outlets won't even use words that are disapproved of by the Government.
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Later in the same article Cronkite reveals his biggest regret: "What do I regret? Well, I regret that in our attempt to establish some standards, we didn't make them stick. We couldn't find a way to pass them on to another generation."
It's all about hype and celebrity today. Isn't this one of the markers of democracy in collapse?
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