In February 1968, CBS’s Walter Cronkite — popular anchorman ... of the night — Feb. 27, 1968 — when Cronkite went on national TV to speak the truth, that the fighting was, at best, a ...

(CNN)-- Walter Cronkite ... and this time Cronkite took the network up on its offer. But now the medium was television. Cronkite became the anchor of WTOP-TV, armed with little more than wire ...

Hailed as "the most trusted man in America" during his 18 years as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," Walter Cronkite first gained national recognition for his reporting from the battlefields of ...