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The unctuous Brian Williams tells Jon Stewart how much he looked up to Walter Cronkite - "He was a man I wanted to be" - and Stewart responds: "How does it feel, to fall so short?"
Smackdown!
Stewart then asks, "Do you think Walter Cronkite would be happy with what he sees in the news now?" Williams says yes, except for ... well, a lot of stuff that Cronkite didn't like about today's news biz.
And really, that's what it's all about, isn't it? All these media types and politicians paying tribute to a man who would absolutely horrify them if he were still alive - and still practicing journalism.
Instead, we have journalism by sound bite, by press release, by chummy relationships and the search for access.
Yes, heroes are much better when they're dead and gone, and not annoying career talking heads who aspire to gravitas without earning it.
