50 years of Walter Cronkite's America

50 years of Walter Cronkite's America

April 15, 2012 9:01 AM

In 1962 Walter Cronkite became the voice of the 15-minute CBS Evening News. The show expanded to an hour, and Cronkite made TV news the place people turned to for the truth.

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