Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009

Legendary newsman Walter Cronkite, the very personification of trustworthy journalism, the man who was the news to my generation as we were growing up, the man who narrated the events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy, the Apollo launches, the war in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal, and the Iran hostage crisis, has signed off for good. And that's the way it is, Friday, July 17, 2009…