And that's the way it isn't

In the department of "study in contrasts":

Earlier this month, all the major broadcast networks spent hours of live air time covering Michael Jackson's memorial service.  This morning, there's not one over-the-air station providing live coverage of Walter Cronkite's services (at least not here in Portland, Oregon).

*sigh*

Walter deserves better than that.

ETA: All right, now I'm confused. Regular midday coverage says that the Cronkite service -- unlike Jackson's -- was private (though they appeared to have footage from outside). But I'd have sworn that the crawl I saw earlier this morning indicated that CBS, at least, was providing live coverage of the service via Webcast.

And that's the way it isn't

In the department of "study in contrasts":

Earlier this month, all the major broadcast networks spent hours of live air time covering Michael Jackson's memorial service.  This morning, there's not one over-the-air station providing live coverage of Walter Cronkite's services (at least not here in Portland, Oregon).

*sigh*

Walter deserves better than that.

ETA: All right, now I'm confused. Regular midday coverage says that the Cronkite service -- unlike Jackson's -- was private (though they appeared to have footage from outside). But I'd have sworn that the crawl I saw earlier this morning indicated that CBS, at least, was providing live coverage of the service via Webcast.