When Walter Cronkite of CBS News called the Vietnam War a stalemate in 1968, he supposedly set a standard of courage that some journalists yearn desperately to find in contemporary practice.
Did he inspire a â??Brokaw Momentâ???
The latest example of such nostalgic longing appeared yesterday, in a column praising Tom Brokawâ??s remarks during Sundayâ??s Meet the Press program about the terrorist bombings at this monthâ??s Boston Marathon.
The surviving of the two suspected bombers reportedly has said the attack was motivated by U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
To David Sirota, that signals retributive blowback in Americaâ??s war on terror. And in a column posted at the In These Times site (also posted at Salon.com), Sirota lavished praise on Brokaw for having said on Meet the Press:
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