[Milhous]

Cronkite arguably invented tearing up schtick while broadcasting Kennedy's assassination. Along with everything else cry baby Ra^ther stole Cronkite's tearing up schtick and made into his SeeBS signature.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Yeah, absolutely.
Rather clearly regards Cronkite's tearing up on air as being the pinnacle of anchormanship-he mentions the Kennedy assassination in the speech that this article covers. Rather has tried all his life to duplicate that moment, and the effect is always jarringly wrong. Cronkite (who I can't stand) was at least crying out of genuine grief. Rather cries to say, "look at me. I'm a man, but I cry, because I'm sensitive. Ultimately, Dan Rather is about Dan Rather.