Transcript: Final Words: Cronkite's Vietnam Commentary

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GUY RAZ
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
07-18-2009
Final Words: Cronkite's Vietnam Commentary

Host: GUY RAZ
Time 19:00-20:00 PM

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GUY RAZ, host:

Parting words tonight from the late Walter Cronkite. On February 27th, 1968 during a CBS News Special Report, Cronkite did something that changed America's perception of the Vietnam War.

Mr. WALTER CRONKITE (Anchorman): I wrote a three-minute closing for the program, which seemingly, without reluctance, our stern and uncompromisingly fair news president Dick Salant approved.

(Soundbite of TV program, "CBS Evening News")

Mr. CRONKITE: (Reading) Tonight, back in more familiar surroundings in New York, we'd like to sum up our findings in ...

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