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*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><ref>https://vault.fbi.gov/walter-leland-cronkite/Walter%20Leland%20Cronkite%20Part%201%20of%201/view</ref>

Cronkite's influence on the America's public perception of the Vietnam War was recognized by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] when he stated after a critical report on the war, "if we've lost Walter Cronkite, we've lost the country."<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0312/28/rs.00.html Interview With Walter Cronkite], [[CNN]]</ref>

Cronkite's influence on the America's public perception of the Vietnam War was recognized by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] when he stated after a critical report on the war, "if we've lost Walter Cronkite, we've lost the country."<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0312/28/rs.00.html Interview With Walter Cronkite], [[CNN]]</ref>