Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

Democracy Now by Robert Parry, Danny Schechter, AMY GOODMAN | Jul. 20, 2009 (News Analysis)
Legendary CBS Anchorman Was Critical of Media Consolidation, Wars in Vietnam and Iraq

(Video) Praise for Cronkite’s work and legacy is all over the news, but few in the mainstream media have mentioned what many consider Cronkite’s most important news moment. In February 1968, soon after he returned from a trip to Vietnam, Cronkite cast doubt on the war and helped turn the tide of American public opinion against it. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 27, 2009

The ethics of journalists reexamining their position when their understanding of the facts change is seen as a contribution from Cronkite. The honesty of Cronkite in seeing the Vietnam war as a failure is said to be a cause for the right wing developing their propaganda faux news empire.

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