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'''Walter Cronkite''' ( St. Joseph, Missouri, November 4, 1916 - July 17, 2009) was an anchorman for [[CBS]] Evening News, 1962-1981. Widely regarded as authoritative, he was known as "Uncle Walter". Unfortunately, he was soft on [[Communism]]. <!-- and began to oppose the US & South Vietnam's side in the Vietnam War? -->
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'''Walter Cronkite''' ( St. Joseph, Missouri, November 4, 1916 - New York, July 17, 2009) was an anchorman for [[CBS]] Evening News, 1962-1981. Widely regarded as authoritative, he was known as "Uncle Walter". Unfortunately, he was soft on [[Communism]]. <!-- and began to oppose the US & South Vietnam's side in the Vietnam War? -->
    
*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.  

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