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CBS News is a liberal news organization that broadcasts several programs, including [[The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric]] and [[60 Minutes]]. It is best known for claiming that [[George W. Bush]] went AWOL from his National Guard duty during the [[Vietnam War]], but the documents it relied on to make this accusation were later found to be forged.
'''CBS News''' is a news organization that broadcasts several programs, including [[The CBS Evening News]] with [[Katie Couric]] and [[60 Minutes]].
In the 1960s, news anchor [[Walter Cronkite]] (the "most trusted man in America") used his [[bully pulpit]] to oppose U.S. military support for South Vietnam in the [[Vietnam War]].
==George Bush Controversy==
CBS claimed[[George W. Bush]] went [[AWOL]] from his [[National Guard]] duty during the [[Vietnam War]], but the documents it relied on to make this accusation were later found to be forged.
==Notable Anchors==
In the 1950s Edward R. Murrow worked for CBS News and famously criticized Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]].
In the 1960s, news anchor [[Walter Cronkite]] (the "most trusted man in America") publicly opposed U.S. military support for South Vietnam in the [[Vietnam War]].
When Katie Couric became the sole head anchor of the CBS Evening News she became the first woman to solo-anchor on the weekday evening news of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks ([[ABC]], [[CBS]] and [[NBC]]).
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[[category:Television]]