“I think being a liberal, in the true sense, is being nondoctrinaire, nondogmatic, non-committed to a cause - but examining each case on its merits. Being left of center is another thing; it's a political position. I think most newspapermen by definition have to be liberal; if they're not liberal, by my definition of it, then they can hardly be good newspapermen. If they're preordained dogmatists for a cause, then they can't be very good journalists; that is, if they carry it into their journa”

American broadcast journalist

Walter Cronkite was an American broadcast journalist, best known for serving as anchorman of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. He became one of the most familiar voices on American television in the 1960s and 1970s. He was widely cited as “the most trusted man in America” after that description appeared in an opinion poll. His career brought him major honors, including two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, an Emmy Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.