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*He was the first journalist that told the nation in 1963 that [[John F. Kennedy]] had been assassinated.

*He was the first journalist that told the nation in 1963 that [[John F. Kennedy]] had been assassinated.

*From the outset, critics accused Cronkite of politically slanting the news to the left. This bias, they said, was evidenced not so much by Cronkite's words as by his choice of what stories CBS covered, and by his habit of raising his eyebrows and scowling to show his disapproval of statements made by conservatives and Republicans.  

*From the outset, critics accused Cronkite of politically slanting the news to the left. This bias, they said, was evidenced not so much by Cronkite's words as by his choice of what stories CBS covered, and by his habit of raising his eyebrows and scowling to show his disapproval of statements made by conservatives and Republicans.  

*Cronkite strongly influenced the politics and outcome of the [[Vietnam War]]. In 1968 the Communist forces in [[South Vietnam]], facing defeat, staged massive kamikaze attacks on U.S. positions in Saigon and elsewhere during the Chinese New Year celebration called Tet. This suicidal "[[Tet Offensive]]" was a military disaster that cost the lives of 100 Communist fighters for every American killed. But as a top Communist general said years later on the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series Vietnam, those on the left in the American press turned this Marxist military defeat into a political victory for the Communist side. <ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1795 WALTER CRONKITE], [[Discover the Networks]]</ref>

*Cronkite strongly influenced the politics and outcome of the [[Vietnam War]]. In 1968 the Communist forces in [[South Vietnam]], facing defeat, staged massive kamikaze attacks on U.S. positions in Saigon and elsewhere during the Chinese New Year celebration called Tet. This suicidal "[[Tet Offensive]]" was a military disaster that cost the lives of 100 Communist fighters for every American killed. But as a top Communist general said years later on the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series Vietnam, those on the left in the American press turned this Marxist military defeat into a political victory for the Communist side.<ref>[http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1795 WALTER CRONKITE], [[Discover the Networks]]</ref>

In addition to his biased reporting on the war, FBI documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act by [[Yahoo]] news, evidence that legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite collaborated with anti-Vietnam War activists in the 1960s, going so far as to offer advice on how to raise the public profile of protests and even promising that CBS News would rent a helicopter to take liberal Senator Edmund Muskie to and from the site of an anti-war rally.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2010/05/14/fbi-files-cbss-walter-cronkite-aided-vietnam-protestors-1960s FBI Files: CBS's Walter Cronkite Aided Vietnam Protestors in 1960s], [[Newsbusters]]</ref>  

In addition to his biased reporting on the war, FBI documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act by [[Yahoo]] news, evidence that legendary CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite collaborated with anti-Vietnam War activists in the 1960s, going so far as to offer advice on how to raise the public profile of protests and even promising that CBS News would rent a helicopter to take liberal Senator Edmund Muskie to and from the site of an anti-war rally.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2010/05/14/fbi-files-cbss-walter-cronkite-aided-vietnam-protestors-1960s FBI Files: CBS's Walter Cronkite Aided Vietnam Protestors in 1960s], [[Newsbusters]]</ref>  

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