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How did the involvement of social media, like the reports from Walter Cronkite effect the feel of America.? - Stanford - 10-14-2012 12:18 PM
I'm doing a report in history about moments in the history of America. I'd love to know someones opinion or someone could give me some sources please.
- Writer_B - 10-14-2012 12:26 PM
Walter Cronkite was the anchor for the CBS Evening News. This was long before the advent of "social media." Social media is stuff like Facebook, Twitter, or even this site, where there is a two-way conversation. In Walter Cronkite's day, if people talked back to their television set, it wouldn't have made any difference.
In case it helps, Walter Cronkite was often called the "most trusted man in America." His reports were clear, as accurate as possible (given the fact that the news develops instantly), and were as fair as they could be. Even after watching him for years, you had no idea whether he was a Democrat or a Republican. He had good things to say about both, and he asked hard questions to both. He seldom offered a personal view of the news, but when he did, people listened. When he spoke out against the Vietnam War, after reporting on it for years, that was huge. And during a time of major news events -- the assassination of President Kennedy, the first time man landed on the moon, the civil rights protests, and many more -- he was the one that many Americans turned to, and the one they remember as "being there" with them.