cronkite quit in 1981 and cnn came and then fox and now it is more diversified. there will never be a moment with uncle wall december cronkite one person influencing so many people. neil: but what he had to retire early sooner than he wanted because of dan rather but for all the competition, they had similar largely antirepublican views, rather critical of next on and of the press conferences. and, the feisty relationship. so it seemed they . guest: politically corner cite corner cronkite and rather will similar. reagan loved cronkite. conkrite did not have republican friends so he was hard not to