He was quite good at reading cue cards and later, teleprompters, and delivered the news ( as the networks saw it ) with a certain eloquence..
He very rarely voiced a personal opinion.. ( except near the end of vietnam, I seem to recall his voicing his opposition to our presence there and his opinion we should get out.. )
At any rate, I never listened to anything he said after I found out he was a socialist, and could care less what his opinion on anything is today..
I thought he was merely a pale imitation of Ted Baxter.