The main way in which these predictions were off the mark is that media distribution in Cronkite's 2001 is still a one-way street, from news organization to ind

The main way in which these predictions were off the mark is that media distribution in Cronkite's 2001 is still a one-way street, from news organization to individual news consumer. His future world missed the extent to which arguably the most important content generation is done by the consumers themselves -- Twitter, YouTube, blogs, forums, etc. (Okay, there was no Twitter or YouTube in 2001. But you know what I mean.)