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{{cquote|'''''However nice a person he may have been, Walter Cronkite was, more importantly, a model voice for liberal-progressives’ brand of socialism.  His lack of understanding about the nature of the Constitution and about the founding ethos of the United States allowed him to warp the minds of millions of Americans with the historicism that characterizes liberal-progressivism. <small>-- Thomas E. Brewton'''''<ref>[http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/walter_cronkite_quintessential_liberal_progressive/ Walter Cronkite: Quintessential Liberal-Progressive]</ref></small>}}  

{{cquote|'''''However nice a person he may have been, Walter Cronkite was, more importantly, a model voice for liberal-progressives’ brand of socialism.  His lack of understanding about the nature of the Constitution and about the founding ethos of the United States allowed him to warp the minds of millions of Americans with the historicism that characterizes liberal-progressivism. <small>-- Thomas E. Brewton'''''<ref>[http://www.thomasbrewton.com/index.php/weblog/walter_cronkite_quintessential_liberal_progressive/ Walter Cronkite: Quintessential Liberal-Progressive]</ref></small>}}  

There were rumors that in 1972 left-wing Democrat presidential nominee [[George McGovern]] asked Cronkite to be his Vice Presidential running mate.<ref>''The Pulse of Politics: Electing Presidents in the Media Age'', By James David Barber, New York, W.W. Norton and Co., 1980, pg. 102.</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879139-8,00.html McGovern's First Crisis: The Eagleton Affair], ''[[Time magazine]]'', Aug. 07, 1972.</ref> {{dead link}}  However, Cronkite denied that he was asked.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2009/07/mcgoverncronkite_in_1972.html|title=McGovern-Cronkite in 1972?|work=slate.com|date=July 25 2009|accessdate=Aug. 28, 2017}}</ref>

There were rumors that in 1972 left-wing Democrat presidential nominee [[George McGovern]] asked Cronkite to be his Vice Presidential running mate.<ref>''The Pulse of Politics: Electing Presidents in the Media Age'', By James David Barber, New York, W.W. Norton and Co., 1980, pg. 102.</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879139-8,00.html McGovern's First Crisis: The Eagleton Affair], ''[[Time magazine]]'', Aug. 07, 1972.</ref> {{dead link}}  However, Cronkite denied that he was asked.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2009/07/mcgoverncronkite_in_1972.html|title=McGovern-Cronkite in 1972?|work=slate.com|date=July 25, 2009|accessdate=Aug. 28, 2017}}</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>

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>