Cronkite calls the war a stalemate
1968 · Event
Home from Vietnam after Tet, the most trusted man in America tells his evening-news audience the war can only end in negotiation, not victory. 'If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America,' Johnson is said to have concluded — five weeks later he announces he will not seek re-election.
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