So umm, where are all the Walter Cronkite threads today? We spent over a week

[madmom]

of practically nothing but Michael Jackson threads, (some good, some bad), but it was hard to find anything else on the front page. I am sorely disappointed that this great man gets so little recognition around here.

[Journeyman]

1. You could choose to see he's been honored by not being trivialized . . .

for a serious, intelligent individual, a single, thoughtful and intelligently written obituary can suffice.

[ecstatic]

2. His last show was before I was born

Sorry, I can't weigh in on someone I'm completely unfamiliar with. :shrug: From what I'm hearing, it sounds like he was a great man who lived a FULL life (92).

[Forkboy]

3. A different dynamic makes it less of a DU firestorm.

Almost everyone here has the same feelings about Cronkite. With MJ, there was wildly differing opinions on him, which therefore generated a lot more controversy. And controversy always leads to far more threads than something we all pretty much agree on. I don't think it's because DUers (on the whole) don't take Cronkite more seriously than MJ.

[babylonsister]

7. And one was a sick old man; the other died suddenly

in his prime. That's a major difference.

[Forkboy]

8. Good point.

[babylonsister]

4. Have you looked around? They're all over the place. nt

[Jade Fox]

5. I just posted one...

and I've seen several others today.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x464468

[elocs]

6. Is a person's life or its importance measured by the number of threads they receive here?

One man was 92 and expected to soon die. One was 50 and died unexpectedly. Both had lots of threads here, most of which said basically the same things over and over with each OP believing they had something so unique to say that it merited its own thread.

My question is rhetorical and should need no answer. If Walter Cronkite received no threads today it would in no way diminish his importance or contribution to our lives. (In the same way that how valuable or important a thread may be cannot or should not be measured by its number of Recs.)

[tandot]

9. Here are just a few threads currently on "Greatest Discussion Threads"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3974118

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6091952

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6092976

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8534308

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6092073

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6092379

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6092182

[Captain Hilts]

10. My dad's submarine to Uncle Walter out for a ride. The sailors had never heard such language!

It put their hair on end!

Great guy.

Steady winds, Walter.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Here you go...

My little poetic tribute:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6096502

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. Found one! n/t

[TwilightZone]

13. At current count, there are twenty of them on the Greatest Page.

Might want to take a little look around.

[blondeatlast]

14. Where's the controversy? Anyone on DU who thinks he was not a premiere journalist

hasn't got the sense enough to make them worth arguing.

[Uncle Joe]

15. That's the one benefit from dying young, more people are emotionally connected to you

as being an integral part of their lives.

I will miss Walter, he was a good man and I believe a great journalist; making a significant, positive impact on his trade and for the nation.

Thanks for the thread, madmom.