Some Perspective
According to a former office I worked with (legally hearsay) Cronkite angered soldiers in Vietnam by portraying them as either blood thirsty maniacs or who gives a damn drug addicts when the majority did think they were fighting for something worthwhile despite being draftees. His reporting was considered so biased that most soldiers were extremely pissed off. The betrayal troups felt on their homecoming due to the kind of press Cronkite and others gave is well documented. While I absolutely adored Cronkite's coverage of the space program I will never trust his coverage of war.
Regards,
Mark