Morely Safer dies

[Bengalzona]

Young people today probably don't get why we like and mourn for these "old guys". But back in the day, you didn't have three hundred channels of shows, some dedicated specifically to news programming with a particular "spin". Nope. Back in the day we had 3 channels (4 with PBS). That meant that you had a handful of news anchor people addressing the entire nation with the news each night. We had FCC requirements which prevented political bias and we trusted these guys to give it to us straight. And to a person, they did. Good or bad. They told us what happened that day, week, or month. In the case of 60 minutes, they gave us a glimpse into what was going on in our world. We respected these journalists. And they were something that is sorely lacking today: respectable.