NOVAK VERSUS CRONKITE

Robert Novak, Columnist, Is Dead at 78

Robert D. Novak, the pugnacious political columnist and cable television fixture whose scoops reached across five decades and whose nickname, “the prince of darkness,” was invoked with renewed fervor in 2003 when, acting on a tip, he revealed the name of a C.I.A. officer, setting the stage for a criminal investigation, died Tuesday morning at his home in northwest Washington. He was 78.

Despite the fact that he wrote more news and news analysis than Cronkite, and did so for more decades...

and despite the fact that he was a cable news pioneer and appeared on TV for cumulatively more hours than Cronkite...

neither Obama or Hillary will speak at his memorial - though they will be speaking at Cronkite's.

• That's because Novak wasn't a reliable left-wing MSM shill as - YES - CRONKITE WAS!

RIP NOVAK!

• BTW: PAUL HARVEY - ANOTHER NEWS ICON/GIANT - GOT THE SAME SHABBY TREATMENT FROM THE LEFT.

ROUND UP OF LEFTIST RESPONSES TO NOVAK'S DEATH HERE AT DD'S AP.