Originally posted by Fluid
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Another “cult of personality” deception fueled by liberal revisionists. It is no wonder he is deified by those with a leftist agenda. Read a few facts from Accuracy in Media and decide for yourself:
- Cronkite called for the U.S. to renounce “some of its sovereignty” and pass a series of United Nations treaties - many of which are now being pushed by President Obama.
- His public verdict that the 1968 Tet offensive was a “defeat” for the US is widely seen as a turning point in American support for the war. Today the Vietnamese readily admit that Tet was actually a major tactical defeat for the communist forces. Cronkite is centrally responsible for turning it into a strategic communist victory.
- Cronkite spent two years in Moscow after World War II as a UPI correspondent and afterwards was remarkably restrained in his criticism of that country.
- In 1979, he gave an interview to the Soviet magazine, Literary Gazette, stating that the “Soviet threat” was “most likely…a myth. I will never believe in a ‘Soviet threat.’” Shortly after the interview was published, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
- In 1972 the CBS Evening News aired nearly 1,400 presentations supporting the dovish view. Contrary positions were aired only 79 times. That's a wonderful balance for a supposed objective news organization fronted by Cronkite.
Cronkite reported many important stories and had a huge audience, but let’s not pretend that he was an objective journalist.
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- Cronkite called for the U.S. to renounce “some of its sovereignty” and pass a series of United Nations treaties - many of which are now being pushed by President Obama.
- His public verdict that the 1968 Tet offensive was a “defeat” for the US is widely seen as a turning point in American support for the war. Today the Vietnamese readily admit that Tet was actually a major tactical defeat for the communist forces. Cronkite is centrally responsible for turning it into a strategic communist victory.
- Cronkite spent two years in Moscow after World War II as a UPI correspondent and afterwards was remarkably restrained in his criticism of that country.
- In 1979, he gave an interview to the Soviet magazine, Literary Gazette, stating that the “Soviet threat” was “most likely…a myth. I will never believe in a ‘Soviet threat.’” Shortly after the interview was published, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
- In 1972 the CBS Evening News aired nearly 1,400 presentations supporting the dovish view. Contrary positions were aired only 79 times. That's a wonderful balance for a supposed objective news organization fronted by Cronkite.
Cronkite reported many important stories and had a huge audience, but let’s not pretend that he was an objective journalist.
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I'm not saying that he was perfect. But the man was a true journalist. Contrary to what many would have us believe, not everything breaks down to party affiliations nor does ones independent views make them a Dem or a Republican.
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