[frankenMonkey]

I was 18-19 at the time, highly political, and the evening news dominated the culture. Cronkite went to Vietnam to do on-site reporting, and as I recall, came back and broadcast to the nation that the war was a lost cause.

It's hard to imagine now, but news broadcasters had immense political power.

(and if you have an interest in Vietnam, I just finished "Triumph Foresaken" - an incredible look at how politicians, the state dept., and corrupt newsmen screwed up the war.)

[LantzALot]

You’re helping to bring back recollections of how / why I missed it. I was in my early thirties, working 50-hour weeks and going to school nights to get my bachelor’s degree. The evening news was something I just didn’t have time for. I had become apolitical, because the people I thought I agreed with — democrats — were forsaking my values.