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FBI Files Show CBS’s Walter Cronkite Collaborated With Anti-War Protesters

allan14 years ago11 years ago01 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise that the FBI kept files on Walter Cronkite, one of America’s most influential newsmen. Yahoo! News reported that it obtained FBI files through the Freedom of Information Act that show “Cronkite allegedly collaborated with anti-Vietnam War activists in the 1960s, going so far as to offer advice on how…

FBI Destroyed Files on Newsman Walter Cronkite

allan15 years ago11 years ago02 mins

Someone should have saved these historical records. It’s a shame the records are gone. Fortunately the memory of Walter Cronkite can’t be destroyed. By Matt Kelley USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The FBI destroyed its files on former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite two years ago under a policy that has been criticized by researchers for…