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>> shannon: s democrats claiming president trump dug in on the border wall due to pressure from conservative talk radio but is the same holding true for a decision on syria now that his defense secretary is calling ity quits over policy differences? will conservative talk radio also reverse his decision?on >> in 1967 when he was talking about support for the vietnamm war, president lyndon johnson said ive lost cronkite, ive lost middle america noted walter cronkites best influence. bob corker an...

Release, todays supreme court ruling suggests that is not likely to happen. >> shannon: democrats claiming president trump dug in on the border wall due to pressure from conservative talk radio but is the same holding true for a decision on syria now that his defense secretary is calling it quits over policy differences? will conservative talk radio also reverse his decision? >> in 1967 when he was talking about support for the vietnam war, president lyndon johnson said ive lost cronkite, ive lo...

Release, todays supreme court ruling suggests that is not likely to happen. >> shannon: democrats claiming president trump dug in on the border wall due to pressure from conservative talk radio but is the same holding true for a decision on syria now that his defense secretary is calling it quits over policy differences? will conservative talk radio also reverse his decision? >> in 1967 when he was talking about support for the vietnam war, president lyndon johnson said ive lost cronkite, ive lo...

>> remember that lyndon johnson is president of the united states in 1968, and no president until donald trump has ever consumed as much news as lyndon johnson did. in what some considered a sacrilege, he had three tvs installed in the oval office along with two teletype machines from the ap and up wire services. both of them clanked away inside a soundproof box in the oval office. and in a story that may combine folklore and exact quotes, after hearing cronkites remarks from night, the presiden...

Is president of the united states in 1968. and no president until donald trump has ever consumed as much news as lyndon johnson did. in what some considered a sacrilege, he had three tvs installed in the oval office along with two teletype machines from the a.p. and u.p. wire services. both of them clanked away inside a soundproof box in the oval office. in story that may combine folklore and exact quotes, after hearing conkites remarks from that night the president said some version of, "if ive...

Did the best they could. this is walter cronkite. good night. >> remember that lyndon johnson is president of the united states in 1968, and no president until donald trump has ever consumed as much news as lyndon johnson did. in what some considered a sacrilege, he had three tvs installed in the oval office along with two teletype machines from the ap and up wire services. both of them clanked away inside a soundproof box in the oval office. and in a story that may combine folklore and exact qu...

Here was the most trusted man in america delivering a verdict on a conflict the united states government was saying was winnable. president lyndon johnson knew its power. if ive lost cronkite, he said, clicking off the tv, ive lost middle america. i was wondering this weekend if people in the media would or could issue such a verdict on the killing fields that are now our schools. i say that because the media, especially reporters for the local tv stations are the people who cover such horrors u...

Its a narrow spotlight. its very much about walter cronkite, which it should be -- its a biography. but you dont see the context of what goes on around him. they naturally concentrated on the cronkite moment, which is supposedly -- which is when he said, you know, that the vietnam war was mired in stalemate, followed by a hypocrifull incident and lyndon janson said, if i have lost cronkite, i have lost the midwest or i have lost the country or lost the war. cbs has no record of that, nor do they...

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