One of the seminal events in America’s long involvement in Vietnam occurred 50 years ago this past week. CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite — often called “the most trusted man in America” — narrated a prime-time documentary that called into question the American government’s rosy predictions about the war’s progress. Cronkite did not come out against the war. Rather, he said:
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Vietnam 1968: Walter Cronkite’s broadcast
March 4, 2018 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: journalism, reporting.At no time did Cronkite express opposition to the war. He merely described what he saw and what people on the ground had said to him.