Walter Cronkite: “The Most Trusted Man in America”

Today most Americans turn to news sources aligned with their political beliefs. But in the 1960s and 1970s many Americans tuned in to Walter Cronkite because they trusted him to provide them with an unbiased report of the news. He knew and generally respected the Presidents, though his coverage of Watergate helped convince the American people and ultimately Richard Nixon himself that he should resign. He witnessed news first-hand and his coverage won multiple Emmy awards. With his generally unbiased coverage of the news he became known as “The most trusted man in America.”