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Garbage In, Garbage Out? I suffer from brainrot. According to an older r elative, I have suffered a decline in my cognitive functioning and mental acuity because I receive my news from social media and internet-based news sites. My beloved boomer is skeptical about the internet.  She worries that getting news online isn't as reliable as tuning into CBS News and the Bakelite-bespectacled Walter Cronkite.  But - NEWS FLASH - Walter Cronkite is dead. In those golden days of television, when the world seemed to slow down for thirty minutes each night, we would gather around our bulky sets to watch Walter Cronkite on the CBS Nightly News. The soothing cadence of his voice and trustworthy eyes, framed by his iconic glasses, offered a reassuring anchor in a sea of global tumult. It was a time when news was a shared ritual, a collective experience, and Cronkite’s nightly broadcast felt like a trusted friend guiding us through the chaos. I remember trusty old Walter.  I recall sitting cro