I disagree completely
Cronkite was a lib no question but he supported the war early on Big time.....he grew disenchanted
I think he viewed it as unwinnable and they knew likely the GOP....a very moderate GOP was likely to assume the war headed by a politician they all detested
They were vested in LBJ and JFK war not a Republican war....a party likely led by Nixon who they hated even more than Barry
There was no comparable MSNBC then a no women pretty much....till Babs came along
Some reds here and there and a lot of old school Democrats hawkish on Cold War.....that’s a dead breed
There was no nationwide abortion on demand or homosexual marriage or racial quotas and barely gun control
A different world and a number of somewhat moderate men in the jockey seats even in print
Today everyone but Fox is hard left
Tech industry is overrun by younger progressives
Sports networks all left leaning
Print all left or one or two moderates......back then southern papers were socially conservative
It goes on and on
We have more choices now and stuff leaks out but the left owns 90% of the real estate
And academia and advertising and film
I lived it as a boy
This is a different country.....Eric Severied or Howard K Smith or even Huntley and Brinkley would be considered righties compared to Cooper Maddow Soledad or that buxom Robin Meade
WE may disagree but he was no early supporter.
IMHO
“”Eric Severied or Howard K Smith or even Huntley and Brinkley would be considered righties compared to Cooper, Maddow, Soledad or that buxom Robin Meade”
Not Chet Huntley. He was vicious in his portrayal of Goldwater and conservatives who supported him. Huntley would fit right in with today’s news vermin.
Howard K Smith’s son Jack was a private at the Battle of Ia Drang Valley, one of the more ferocious engagements in the war. His memoir is well worth reading:
http://www.mishalov.com/death_ia_drang_valley.html
