# Walter Cronkite Anchor of the *CBS Evening News* from 1962 to 1981 (1916–2009), once polled as "the most trusted man in America." Cronkite's coverage of the Kennedy assassination, the moon landing, Vietnam, and Watergate made [[CBS News]] the gold standard of network news at its mid-century peak. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to support the [[CBS Timeline]]. Expand with the 1968 Vietnam editorial and the Cronkite-era news division.