[kcvl]

" after Cronkite had belatedly turned against LBJ’s Vietnam War, he met privately with Robert Kennedy. “You must announce your intention to run against Johnson, to show people there will be a way out of this terrible war,” he said in Kennedy’s Senate office. Soon afterward, Cronkite got an exclusive interview in which Kennedy left the door open for a possible run—the very candidacy that the anchor had urged him to undertake. (Kennedy announced three days later.)"

[tanknetter]

Cronkite was a Kennedy Man through and through. When he thought that LBJ was prosecuting JFKs war in Vietnam he was an enthusiastic cheerleader. Out on YouTube you can easily find the segment where Walter flew a combat mission in the backseat of a B-57 Canberra. He was practically wetting himself with glee over having dropped bombs on the enemy as he got out of the aircraft.

Yet, when the opportunity (Tet) to launch another Kennedy at the White House came along he wasted no time in using his stature and weight with the public to kill the sitting Presidents presidency via shameless hit-piece.