The Press: The Cronkite Retort

The elder statesman of television newsmen, Walter Cronkite, dropped his usual restraint last week to make a heated public attack on the Nixon Administration. Speaking in New York City to the International Radio & Television Society, Cronkite said:

"Many of us see a clear indication on the part of this Administration of a grand conspiracy to destroy the credibility of the press . . . Short of uncovering documents which probably do not exist, it is impossible to know precisely the motives of this conspiracy. But is it too much to suggest that the...

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