R.I.P.: Walter Cronkite

What can one say that hasn't already been said? I feel sorry for people too young to remember Edward R. Morrow, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley and Walter Cronkite from the days before what Cronkite called "the trivialization of news", i.e. most of what gets reported today wouldn't even be on a newscast then. Our unenlightened citizenry makes democracy weaker. How else could a Sarah Palin be taken seriously?