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Smith v. Cronkite: A War of Words

By Harry A. Jessell

The CBS News half-hour primetime special of Feb. 28, 1968, is among the network’s most memorable and impacful.

After returning from a fact-finding trip to Vietnam, top anchor Walter Cronkite presented a clear-eyed report on the war. He concluded with his opinion that it had devolved into a bloody “stalemate” that could not be won….MORE