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   May 25, 2018 · CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite went to Vietnam to provide viewers with an assessment of the war’s progress. His one-hour special report aired on Feb. 27, 1968. (Video: Victoria...

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     Walter Cronkite on his on-air commentary about the Vietnam war - TelevisionAcademy.com/Interviews

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     50 years ago: Walter Cronkite calls for the U.S. to get out of Vietnam

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3. alphahistory.com › vietnamwar › walter-cronkiteWalter Cronkite editorial on the Vietnam War (1968)

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   On February 27th 1968, with the Tet Offensive a month old, US news anchor Walter Cronkite appeared on television and delivered an editorial claiming that the Vietnam War was “mired in stalemate”: “Tonight, back in more familiar surroundings in New York, we’d like to sum up our findings in Vietnam, an analysis that must be speculative ...

4. www.npr.org › 2009/07/18 › 106775685Final Words: Cronkite's Vietnam Commentary : NPR

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   Jul 18, 2009 · Parting words tonight from the late Walter Cronkite. On February 27th, 1968 during a CBS News Special Report, Cronkite did something that changed America's perception of the Vietnam War.

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   Why did Walter Cronkite go to Vietnam?

   • CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite went to Vietnam to provide viewers with an assessment of the war’s progress. His one-hour special report aired on Feb. 27, 1968. (Video: Victoria Walker/The Washington Post) Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam War.

   Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam?

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   Did Walter Cronkite say the Vietnam War was'mired in stalemate'?

   • On February 27th 1968, with the Tet Offensive a month old, US news anchor Walter Cronkite appeared on television and delivered an editorial claiming that the Vietnam War was “mired in stalemate”:

   Walter Cronkite editorial on the Vietnam War (1968) - Alpha History

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   Who was Walter Cronkite?

   • (Video: Victoria Walker/The Washington Post) Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam War. He was an old-school journalist, a patriot, a man who came of age covering World War II as a wire-service reporter and then taking over as the anchor of “The CBS Evening News” at the height of the Cold War.

   Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam?

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   What was Cronkite's role in the Vietnam War?

   • For Cronkite, the most essential element in reporting was getting the story right. We owe it to his memory to get the history right–not to perpetuate myths about the way it wasn’t. Like a majority of Americans, Cronkite had supported U.S. policies in Vietnam when President Johnson committed the first U.S. combat forces.

   The Way It Wasn’t: Cronkite and Vietnam | History News Network

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Walter-CronkiteWalter Cronkite | Biography, Facts, & Views on Vietnam War

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   Apr 29, 2024 · The influence of Cronkite’s reporting is perhaps best illustrated by his commentary on the Vietnam War. In 1968 he left the anchor desk to report from Vietnam on the aftermath of the Tet Offensive .

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7. historynewsnetwork.org › article › 104635The Way It Wasn’t: Cronkite and Vietnam | History News Network

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   The author challenges the myth that Cronkite's 1968 broadcast turned the public against the war. He argues that public opinion had already shifted before Cronkite declared the war stalemated and that Johnson was already desperate for a way out.

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9. www.britannica.com › topic › The-Vietnam-War-and-theVietnam War and the media | History, Walter Cronkite ...

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   The February 1968 assessment by Walter Cronkite, the anchor of the CBS Evening News (known as “the most trusted man in America”), that the conflict was “mired in stalemate” was seen by many as the signal of a sea change in reporting about Vietnam, and it is said to have inspired Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson to state, “If I’ve lost ...

10. archive.org › details › report-from-vietnam-feburaryReport From Vietnam (CBS News, Feburary 27, 1968) : Free ...

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    Feb 15, 2022 · Watch the legendary broadcast that changed America's view of the Vietnam War. Walter Cronkite visited the front lines and declared the war unwinnable, leading to Lyndon Johnson's loss of support.