10-14-2018, 3:57pm
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Originally Posted by Thomas
I think this is pretty accurate. Prior to his visit to Vietnam on the heels of the Tet Offensive Wally was pretty hawkish and for the most part supported the war.
His little editorial calling the war unwinnable pissed off LBJ. “If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America.”
In todays 24/7 news coverage, we have no modern Cronkite equivalent.
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He was right though.
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