In an earlier era, Americans had fewer television options and it was easier for one person to develop into a national broadcast news icon. For much of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, Walter Cronkite was such a person. With his avuncular and amiable style, Cronkite proved to be a reassuring presence on CBS News during a tumultuous period both at home and abroad. He was nicknamed Uncle Walter and polls showed him to be the most trusted man in America.
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