Still doesn’t explain why he was so believed particularly about the Tet battle. Why didn’t Mr. and Mrs. America tell him to get lost?
I remember how infuriated my Dad was with Cronkite and he refused to watch him because of his anti-American remarks and showing our troops on a nightly basis getting creamed. We thought we were losing the war, but that wasn’t true we know now. There was no talk radio or internet to sort out the truth and challenge the liars on TV and in the print media. President Johnson just gave up after he heard Cronkite portray the Tet offensive as a defeat for America - “If we’ve lost Cronkite, we’ve lost the people.” Why didn’t Johnson come out and tell the truth? He probably felt a lot like BushII.