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1 day ago · Regulation influenced the development of the concept that news should be objective, fair, and balanced. But all three panelists agreed that the idea that Walter Cronkite—the trusted newsman—led the country toward a national consensus on issues like civil rights and Vietnam was romanticized and largely exaggerated.
13 hours ago · It was equally violent inside the convention, with CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite angrily referring on the air to the Chicago police as “thugs” after seeing his reporter, Dan Rather, beaten on ...
1 day ago · It felt like “a total news blackout,” as exasperated CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite declared, an atypical, quick aside that perhaps only a media historian obsessively rewatching every moment of ...
4 days ago · One of the most puzzling incidents shown in “Truths and Myths About the Vietnam War” was a report by CBS newsman Walter Cronkite who on Feb. 13, 1968, called the Tet offensive a “major success” both for the U.S. and the government of South Vietnam and that the Viet Cong had been soundly defeated.
1 day ago · CBS, NBC and ABC understood that Daley was deliberately kneecapping them. It felt like “a total news blackout,” as exasperated CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite declared, an atypical, quick aside that perhaps only a media historian obsessively rewatching every moment of network convention coverage would pick up on.
1 day ago · One of the most puzzling incidents shown in “Truths and Myths About the Vietnam War” was a report by CBS newsman Walter Cronkite who on Feb. 13, 1968, called the Tet offensive a “major ...
1 day ago · 2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite. Richard J Daley Walter Cronkite Chicago Brandon Johnson Police CBS NBC Dan Rather Hubert Humphrey Republican. A sign welcomes delegates to the Democratic National Convention in 1968, with helmeted police officers ...
