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Originally Posted by Dan Dlabay
AS far as I am concerned he is the one who turned the American people against the Vietnam war and the U.S. Military.
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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.