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Cronkite took other left-wing positions, such as supporting tax increases, supporting giving up U.S. sovereignty to the [[United Nations]], wishing for a [[one-world government]], supporting gun control, among other liberal positions.<ref name="mrc">[http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp Walter Cronkite: Liberal Media Icon], [[Media Research Center]]</ref> During and following his anchorage tenure, Cronkite has placed a disproportionate amount of criticism towards Conservatives while aligning himself with liberal figures such as [[Bill Clinton]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[John Kerry]].<ref name="mrc" /> With two exceptions, Cronkite was not a political campaign contributor according to Federal Election Commission records.  In 2000, he donated $1,000 to the [[NARAL]] Pro Choice America PAC and in 2004, he donated to an unsuccessful Congressional candidate in Kentucky.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016020901/http://newsmeat.com/media_political_donations/Walter_Cronkite.php CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION SEARCH], [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>

Cronkite took other left-wing positions, such as supporting tax increases, supporting giving up U.S. sovereignty to the [[United Nations]], wishing for a [[one-world government]], supporting gun control, among other liberal positions.<ref name="mrc">[http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp Walter Cronkite: Liberal Media Icon], [[Media Research Center]]</ref> During and following his anchorage tenure, Cronkite has placed a disproportionate amount of criticism towards Conservatives while aligning himself with liberal figures such as [[Bill Clinton]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[John Kerry]].<ref name="mrc" /> With two exceptions, Cronkite was not a political campaign contributor according to Federal Election Commission records.  In 2000, he donated $1,000 to the [[NARAL]] Pro Choice America PAC and in 2004, he donated to an unsuccessful Congressional candidate in Kentucky.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016020901/http://newsmeat.com/media_political_donations/Walter_Cronkite.php CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION SEARCH], [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>

In 2004, he appeared in the liberal documentary ''[[Outfoxed]]'', in he which criticized [[Fox News Channel]] and claimed it had a conservative bias.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41604-2004Jul10.html Tilting at the Right, Leaning to the Left ], [[Washington Post]]</ref>

In 2004, he appeared in the liberal documentary ''[[Outfoxed]]'', in he which criticized [[Fox News Channel]] and claimed it had a conservative bias.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41604-2004Jul10.html Tilting at the Right, Leaning to the Left ], [[Washington Post]]</ref>

Cronkite was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Cronkite was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.