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==Notable Anchors and Reporters==
==Notable Anchors and Reporters==
In the 1950s Edward R. Murrow worked for CBS News and famously criticized Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]].
*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]]. [[Bernard Redmont]], CBS News Moscow and Paris Bureau Chief during the war was a "known [[KGB|Soviet agent]]." <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster062.pdf Vol. 62, pgs. 1 - 31] </ref>
*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]].
*[[Bernard Redmont]], CBS News Moscow and Paris Bureau Chief during the Vietnam War was a "known [[KGB|Soviet agent]]." <ref>FBI Silvermaster file [http://education-research.org/PDFs/Silvermaster062.pdf Vol. 62, pgs. 1 - 31] </ref>
*[[Katie Couric]] was the first woman to solo-anchor on the weekday evening news of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks ([[ABC]], [[CBS]] and [[NBC]]), prior to the announcement of her departure from CBS<ref>“CBS Evening News” anchor Couric to leave post [http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2011/04/04/cbs-evening-news-anchor-couric-to-leave-post/]</ref>
==References==
==References==