And That's the Way He Was

"Yet he was a reluctant star. He was genuinely perplexed when people rushed to see him rather than the politicians he was covering, and even more astonished by the repeated suggestions that he run for office himself. He saw himself as an old-fashioned newsman—his title was managing editor of the 'CBS Evening News'—and so did his audience."

Douglas Martin in The New York Times reports the death of Walter Cronkite.

Todd Gitlin in The New Republic writes an appreciation.