The revisions keep coming on the Walter Cronkite obituary-and this is not the one that Clark Hoyt chewed out Alessandra Stanley for, this is the actual obit. The latest appendage blames Cronkite's own autobiography for the errors, but here's the running tally thus far.This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: READ MORE

I grew up in an NBC household; I have vague memories of John Chancellor reading the news and stronger memories of Tom Brokaw doing the same. Walter Cronkite never really meant a lot to me as an anchor; I think I sometimes used to get him confused with Captain Kangaroo. As for Frank McCourt, plenty people tell me that Angela's Ashes was great, but the last thing I ever want to read is another Irishman recounting poverty and his father's alcoholism (or another Jew on the Holocaust, another Italian about petty crime, etc.), so I've never read it. I'm aware that both of these men made Important Contributions In Their Field and I am not at all attempting to diminish that; I just don't really have anything to say about them. But don't let that stop you if you do!

Outgoing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Twitter feed once again contains a quotation of great wisdom, this time from news legend Walter Cronkite. Unfortunately, Palin not only misquotes the famous anchor, she completely distorts his meaning. (Sort of like her JFK interpretation.) The actual quote comes from a terrific interview Cronkite did with Ron Powers for Playboy in 1973. READ MORE