It’s heresy, I know. Tough. Cronkite never was "the most trusted man in America," except to those whose opinions he supported blatantly, flagrantly on the air every weeknight on cBS news. Somewhere along the line he must have been a real journalist but it didn’t last long.
We all read that LBJ said he knew he had to resign when he "lost" Walter Cronkite on the Vietnam War. A real journalist would have been able to figure out that, shocking as TET 1968 was, it was not a victory for the enemy — like Uncle Walty and his broadcast pals said it was. Over and over and over. But don’t get me wrong. I’m only blaming them for a lack of professionalism. The Pentagon and Congress lost the war all on their own.
UPDATE: I pop off, but this guy does it thoughtfully. Barry, meanwhile, blithely joins the sheep. No surprise.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 