Walter Cronkite.
Vietnam.
Walter Cronkite.
Vietnam.
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Yep. That was exactly what I thought when I saw the question.
Walter Cronkite.
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I’d go along with that, he was a pompous jackass who took himself and his opinions way too seriously.
Now, at the nets & most local channels, you just got interchangeable airhead celebs who can read a teleprompter.
Vietnam.
Absolutely ... didn't recognize it at the time, but that's when it started ... no question.
Walter Cronkite announcing “We lost the war, the TET offensive was a disaster and the final straw for America in Vietnam”
Vietnam
Tet Offensive, and Uncle Walter, The Most Trusted Voice In America, declared victory for the losers and defeat for the Americans. Right there, that was the watershed. When they added Nixon's scalp to their trophy case it was a done deal.
You are right, sir.
Close. For me if was after Kennedy was killed on Nov 22, 63 and the start of the Vietnam involvement. The media from the get go politicized Vietnam with a leftward slant. It kept getting worse in the late 60s and the MSM inflamed all the protesters, demonstrations and hippies. Plus I think the MSM and Hollywood promoted the free love sexual mores and drugs. Worse yearly since then and here we are.
I think it became obvious to most people during the Vietnam War but I think the media was already making things up before that, supporting certain candidates, supporting liberal agenda. The media gave Kennedy movie star status during his campaign for President.
The media didn’t even try to really report on the Vietnam War. Stories have come out since that the reporters hung out in bars far from combat; listened to whoever would talk to them in the bar, then wrote what they pleased. All the while pretending to be in the middle of combat faithfully reporting what was happening. Very few were actually doing their job and I am sure their stories were changed to further the liberal agenda before those stories got to us.
It has been all about the liberal agenda in our media, schools, ETC. far longer than we realize.